Cases
GMSR has an enviable record of success on appeal. For your convenience, the firm has provided a simple search tool for guests and clients to search that record.
Sanchez v. Los Angeles Department of Transportation (9th Cir. 2022) 39 F.4th 548 (amicus)
City of Los Angeles prevails in Ninth Circuit e-scooter appeal, supported by GMSR’s amicus brief
B.Q. v. Dekok (9th Cir. 2020) 825 Fed.Appx. 533
Ninth Circuit affirms qualified immunity for teacher sued by student for violation of the Establishment Clause
Easley v. City of Riverside (9th Cir. 2018) 890 F.3d 851
Ninth Circuit affirms qualified immunity for GMSR’s police officer client
Santa Clarita Organization for Planning & Environment v. Castaic Lake Water Agency (2016) 1 Cal.App.5th 1084.
In a published opinion, Division 2 of the Second DCA upheld the right of GMSR’s client, the Castaic Lake Water Agency, to acquire all of the stock of a privately held water company via inverse condemnation, and rejected the contention that the transaction violated various
Stanton v. Sims (2013) 571 U.S. 3
Officer entitled to qualified immunity from suit for warrantless entry into home in hot pursuit of fleeing misdemeanant
Today’s Fresh Start, Inc. v. Los Angeles County Office of Education (2013) 57 Cal.4th 197
Case challenging the procedures for revoking a charter school’s charter; decision clarifies the standards governing charter school revocation proceedings
Los Angeles County Flood Control Dist. v. Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc. (2013) 568 U.S. 78
United States Supreme Court held that the Ninth Circuit erred in holding the Los Angeles County Flood Control District liable for violations of the Clean Water Act
Filarsky v. Delia (2012) 566 U.S. 377 (amicus)
In a case that GMSR identified as a likely certiorari candidate and authored the sole amicus curiae brief supporting the certiorari petition, the Supreme Court reversed, holding that a private individual temporarily hired to carry out a public entity’s work is entitled to assert qualified immunity
Messerschmidt v. Millender (2012) 565 U.S. 535
US Supreme Court held that the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s deputies were entitled to qualified immunity and thus could not be held personally liable for civil damages
Stern v. Marshall (2011) 564 U.S. 462
The Supreme Court held that a bankruptcy court has statutory authority to enter final judgment on a debtor’s state-law counterclaims against a creditor, but that Article III of the United States Constitution makes the statutory grant unconstitutional. It also held that 28 U.S.C. section 157(b)(5), which specifies that district courts must order that “personal injury tort and wrongful death claims” be tried in district court, is not jurisdictional and creditors can consent, through their conduct, to a bankruptcy court resolving such claims.
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