GMSR has helped shape constitutional law, handling cutting-edge cases involving privacy, searches and seizures, due process, and the First Amendment. In addition to extensive experience in the federal circuit courts, GMSR has also appeared repeatedly in the U.S. Supreme Court in recent years.
Slesinger v. Disney, 2004 WL 612818
Media access to court file
Taiheyo Cement Corporation v. Superior Court (Jeong) (2003) 105 Cal.App. 4th 398
Scope of United States’ foreign affairs power and supremacy clause in context of claims arising from Japanese slave labor practices during World War II
Hanstad v. Truck Ins. Exch. (Sept. 10, 2002, B143750) 2002 WL 31045505 [nonpublished opinion]
$40 million punitive damages award reversed because trial court improperly usurped jury’s role in determining facts regarding managing agent’s ratification of tortious conduct
Surgin Surgical Instrumentation, Inc. v. Truck Ins. Exchange (June 20, 2002, G026258) 2002 WL 1353376 [nonpublished opinion]
Reversal of $59.8 million default judgment based on terminating discovery sanctions in insurance bad faith case
Toolasprashad v. Bureau of Prisons (D.C. Cir. 2002) 286 F.3d 576
Prisoner’s action for violation of Privacy Act based on his reclassification as “special offender”
Liston v. Patrice (2000, B137438)
Unconstitutional injunction restricting First Amendment rights
Gilbrook v. City of Westminster (9th Cir. 1999) 177 F.3d 839
Civil rights: First Amendment retaliation, Fourteenth Amendment equal protection violations, and slander issues arising out of the firing and discipline of firefighters
Alvarez v. City of Westmorland (9th Cir. 1997) 119 F.3d 5 [unpublished]
Civil rights: excessive force issue
Bumpus v. Kamanski (9th Cir. 1997) 1997 U.S.App. LEXIS Unpub. 20932
Civil rights: claim for failure to train employees to recognize pedophiles among potential foster parents
BMW v. Gore (1996) 517 U.S. 559
Constitutional limits on right to recover punitive damages (amicus curiae brief)
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As part of GMSR’s long-standing commitment to social justice and equality, GMSR provides pro bono appellate services to individuals and to community organizations on issues of concern.
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