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The following is a representative list of published cases I have handled.

Federal Cases:

• Koon v. United States, 518 U.S. 81 (1996) ("Rodney King" case)
  Oyez article on Koon vs. United States
• United States v. Munoz, 233 F.3d 1117 (9th Cir. 2000)
• United States v. Lyons, 453 F.3d 1222 (9th Cir. 2006)
• United States v. DeGeorge, 380 F.3d 1203 (9th Cir. 2004)
• United States v. Krouse, 370 F.3d 965 (9th Cir. 2004)
• Houston v. Roe, 177 F.3d 901 (9th Cir. 1999)
• United States v. Holly, 167 F.3d 393 (7th Cir. 1999)
• United States v. Bradstreet, 135 F.3d 46 (1st Cir. 1998)
• Dornan v. Sanchez, 955 F.Supp. 1210 (C.D. Cal. 1997)

California Cases:

• Salisbury v. County of Orange (2005) 131 Cal.App.4th 756, 31 Cal.Rptr.3d 831
• People v. Coffman (2004) 34 Cal.4th 1, 96 P.3d 30, 17 Cal.Rptr.3d 710
• People v. Brown (2001) 96 Cal.App.4th Supp. 1, 117 Cal.Rptr.2d 738
• People v. Le (2000) 82 Cal.App.4th 1352, 98 Cal.Rptr.2d 874
• People v. Morante (1999) 20 Cal.4th 403, 975 P.2d 1071, 84 Cal.Rptr.2d 665
• Smith, Smith & Kring v. Superior Court (Oliver) (1997) 60 Cal.App.4th 573, 70 Cal.Rptr.2d 507
• Korea Data Systems Co. v. Superior Court (1997) 51 Cal.App.4th 1513, 59 Cal.Rptr.2d 925
• Burnstine v. Department of Motor Vehicles (1996) 51 Cal.App.4th 1428, 60 Cal.Rptr.2d 89
• Steiner v. Superior Court (1996) 50 Cal.App.4th 1771, 58 Cal.Rptr.2d 668
• People v. Gionis (1995) 9 Cal.4th 1196, 892 P.2d 1199, 40 Cal.Rptr.2d 456
• People v. Wrest (1992) 3 Cal.4th 1088, 839 P.2d 1020, 13 Cal.Rptr.2d 511
• Powell v. Superior Court (1991) 232 Cal.App.3d 785, 283 Cal.Rptr. 777 ("Rodney King" case)
• People v. Haskett (1990) 52 Cal.3d 210, 801 P.2d 323, 276 Cal.Rptr. 80
• In re Robinson (1990) 216 Cal.App.3d 1510, 265 Cal.Rptr. 574
• Freedom Newspapers, Inc. v. Superior Court (1986) 186 Cal.App.3d 1102, 231 Cal.Rptr. 189
• People v. Samuel (1981) 29 Cal.3d 489, 629 P.2d 485, 174 Cal.Rptr. 684
• People v. Martin (1986) 42 Cal.3d 437, 722 P.2d 905, 229 Cal.Rptr. 131

Internet Resources:

Legal

• California Bar Association
• FindLaw
• Thomson - West (formerly West Group)
• U.S. Courts
• Westlaw
• PACER Service Center - U.S. Party/Case Index
• California Appellate Courts - Case Information

Government

• FirstGov
• Library of Congress
• U.S. House of Representatives
• U.S. Senate
• White House

General

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News

• Oyez - U.S. Supreme Court Media
• Los Angeles Times
• Orange County Register
• New York Times
• Newspapers Online
• USA Today
• Wall Street Journal

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From his office in Irvine, California, state and federal appellate attorney William J. Kopeny represents clients throughout the State of California in appeals of state cases, and across the nation in federal appeals.