Perlman v. Catapult Entertainment (In re Catapult Entertainment) United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit November 6, 1998, Argued and Submitted, San Francisco, California ; January 28, 1999, Filed No. 97-16707 Opinion OPINION  [*748]  FLETCHER...

Greenlaw v. United States Supreme Court of the United States April 15, 2008, Argued; June 23, 2008, Decided No. 07-330 Opinion  [**2562]   [*240]  Justice Ginsburg delivered the opinion of the Court. This case concerns the role of courts in our adversarial...

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