Appellate Practice
For over twenty years, Remcho, Johansen & Purcell has specialized in
state and federal court appeals.
Major recent state appellate and state Supreme Court highlights
include:
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Harris v. Westly, 116 Cal. App. 4th 214 (2004)
Lindelli v.
Town of San Anselmo, 111 Cal. App. 4th 1099 (2003)
People ex rel. Found. for Taxpayer & Consumer Rights v. Duque,
105 Cal. App. 4th 259 (2003)
California Ass'n of Retail Tobacconists v. State,109 Cal. App. 4th 792 (2003)
Senate v. Jones, 21 Cal. 4th 1142
(1999)
Horwich v. Superior Court, 21 Cal. 4th 272 (1999)
Hodges v. Superior Court, 21
Cal. 4th 109 (1999)
The firm has successfully litigated matters in the Ninth Circuit
Court of Appeals, including:
- San Francisco NAACP v. San Francisco Unified School Dist., 284
F.3d 1163 (9th Cir. 2002)
- National Comm. of the Reform Party of
the U.S.A. v. Democratic Nat'l
Comm, 168 F.3d 360 (9th Cir. 1999)
- California Prolife Council
Political Action Comm. v. Scully, 164 F.3d 360 (9th Cir.
1999)
- Voting Rights Coalition v. Wilson, 60 F.3d 1411 (9th Cir. 1995)
- Assembly of State of Cal. v. U.S. Dep't of Commerce, 968 F.2d 916
(9th Cir. 1992)
The firm has also worked on significant cases in the United States
Supreme Court, including:
- U.S. Dept. of Commerce v. State of Cal., 501 U.S. 1272
(1991) (stay proceedings concerning 1990 census data litigation)
- Zelman v. Simmons-Harris, 536 U.S. 639 (2002)
(amicus brief
regarding Cleveland school voucher system on behalf of California
Alliance for Public Schools)
- Department of Commerce v.
United States House of Representatives, 525 U.S. 316 (1999)
(use of statistical sampling for U.S. census)
See LITIGATION for more information,
including descriptions of appellate cases.
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