Important Cases
REVEREND FATHER VAZKEN MOVSESIAN, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
VICTORIA VERSICHERUNG AG, a German corporation, AND
ERGO VERSICHERUNGSGRUPPE AG, a German corporation,
Defendants
and
MUNCHENER RUCKSVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT
AKTIENGESELLSDCHAFT AG, a German corporation
Defendant-Appellant.
On December 10, 2010 the court, by a 2-1 vote, not only granted the rehearing but actually reversed itself, finding that the California statute was a valid exercise of the state's power and that "there is no clearly established federal policy forbidding state references to the Armenian Genocide."
DOWNLOAD THE DECEMBER 10, 2010 COURT RULING GRANTING THE REHEARING AND REVERSING THE PRIOR ORDER BY VISITING THE FOLLOWING LINK:
http://www.armenianbar.org/articles
THEODORE GRISWOLD, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
DAVID P. DRISCOLL, Commissioner of Education, et al.,
Defendants-Appellees.
For the benefit of our members who have been interested in the amicus brief which was just filed on our behalf in the case Griswold v. Driscoll, we are posting a copy of it in pdf form.
Many thanks to Attorneys Mark Fleming and Rachel Gurvich of WilmerHale, and to the firm itself, for the extraordinary commitment of time and effort in preparing the amicus brief for the Armenian Bar Association, and for the other amici who have joined with us. Thank you, too, to Armenian Rights Watch Committee Chair Saro Kerkonian and Edvin Minassian.
Sonya Nersessian, Chair
Armenian Bar Association
DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES IN PDF FORMAT
Theodore Griswold, et al., v. David P. Driscoll - Brief of Amici Curiae
Government Speech and the School Curriculum - Who Decides?
REVEREND FATHER VAZKEN MOVSESIAN, et al.,
Plaintiffs-Appellants,
v.
VICTORIA VERSICHERUNG AG, a German corporation, AND
ERGO VERSICHERUNGSGRUPPE AG, a German corporation,
Defendants
and
MUNCHENER RUCKSVERSICHERUNGS-GESELLSCHAFT
AKTIENGESELLSDCHAFT AG, a German corporation
Defendant-Appellant.
DOWNLOAD THE FOLLOWING ARTICLES IN PDF FORMAT
Movsesian Brief of Amici Curiae
Movsesian Brief of Amici Curiae Addendum
New York, NY: On January 27, 2012, close to 300 Armenian-Americans of the NY/NJ community gathered at St. Leon Armenian Church in Fairlawn, NJ to participate in the first serious conversation about the deplorable state of corruption and human rights in Armenia. The organizer’s stated purpose was to raise awareness, share information, consid ...
Glendale, Calif. - The City Council of Glendale, California has unanimously confirmed the nomination of law school dean and professor Garo Ghazarian to the City's Civil Service Commission. In making the nomination, Glendale City Council Member and two-time former mayor of Glendale, Rafi Manoukian, referred his Council colleagues to ...
<span style="font-size:10.0pt;line-height:115%;Arial" ,"sans-serif";color:black;"="">Las Vegas, Nevada-The recently renovated, elegant Tropicana Hotel and Casino will be the venue, as the Armenian Bar Association (ArmenBar) will present an outstanding group of legal experts on January 14, 2012. Garo Mardir ...
Dear Fellow Armenian Bar Member, On Tuesday, October 25, 2011 the European Court of Human Rights granted an application by Turkish national and chairman of Armenian Genocide Studies at Clark University Professor Taner Akçam in the case of Taner Akçam vs. Republic of Turkey. On June 21, 2007, Professor Taner Akçam submit ...
JUDGMENT STRASBOURG 25 October 2011 This judgment will become final in the circumstances set out in Article 44 § 2 of the Convention. It may be subject to editorial revision. ...
Glendale, CA. - The Armenian Bar Association (ArmenBar), in conjunction with the Armenian National Committee of Glendale (ANCG), conducted their fourth pro bono legal clinic on immigration-related matters. The venue was the Glendale Youth Center, on August 17, 2011. More than eighty community members were able to consult with volunteer attorneys ...





