Sentences with phrase «american appeals court judge»

Diaz Sr. listed a number of Latino judges he believes would have been a better pick for Cuomo than Rivera, including Rolando T. Acosta, a Dominican - American appeals court judge.

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The Court of Arbitration for Sport said its judges dismissed Malouda's appeal against CONCACAF, the sport's North American governing body.

«Justice Abdus - Salaam was not simply a trailblazer as the first Muslim female judge in the United States and the first African - American woman on the New York Court of Appeals,» he said.

«I was proud to be part of her nomination as Associate Judge of the New York State Court of Appeals, where she served with distinction and made history as the first African American and Muslim woman to ascend to the state's highest court.&rCourt of Appeals, where she served with distinction and made history as the first African American and Muslim woman to ascend to the state's highest court.&rcourt.»

All the men also pointed to the things they did get done, including a five - year renewal of Kendra's law, the appointment of a new chairman for the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and Court of Appeals judge, legislation requiring state contracts to use American - made steel and allow medical marijuana to be prescribed for post-traumatic stress disorder.

An appeals court judge has upheld a previous ruling that the MTA's policy of refusing all political and religious ads in the transit system is legal, meaning the agency can continue to reject controversial posters by firebrand Pamela Geller and the anti-Muslim American Freedom law Center — for now.

Writing for the appeals court, however, Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes found no showing that a permit ban for «all but a select few» American Indians was necessary.

You were absolutely wrong to report that U.S. District Court Judge Robert F. Peckham «never reached a conclusion about whether [I.Q.] tests are racially biased» and that the appeals - court ruling now reinstitutes I.Q. testing for African - American studCourt Judge Robert F. Peckham «never reached a conclusion about whether [I.Q.] tests are racially biased» and that the appeals - court ruling now reinstitutes I.Q. testing for African - American studcourt ruling now reinstitutes I.Q. testing for African - American students.

Appeal from judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mark D. Fox, Magistrate Judge), which held that defendant Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District intentionally discriminated against plaintiff Santina Polera in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794, and awarded damages to plaintiff.

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from Boston.

A report in The Boston Globe discusses the case scheduled to be argued today before the 1st U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that centers on a plan by U.S. District Judge Nancy Gertner to try to get more African - Americans on the jury that will decide the federal death penalty case against two black men from -LSB-...]

SCOTUSblog, the well - known American blog devoted to analysis of the United States Supreme Court, has been providing great coverage of US President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to fill the vacancy left on the top court of our Southern neighbour by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in Court, has been providing great coverage of US President Donald Trump's nomination of Judge Neil Gorsuch (U.S. Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to fill the vacancy left on the top court of our Southern neighbour by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in Court of Appeals for the 10th Circuit) to fill the vacancy left on the top court of our Southern neighbour by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in court of our Southern neighbour by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia in 2016.

The honorary and distinguished members of the Burton Awards Board of Directors include the following leaders in law: Former Chief Judge Richard Posner, 7th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; Judge Alex Kozinski, 9th Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals; U.S. Senator John Cornyn; U.S. Senator Robert P. Casey, Jr.; U.S. Senator Mike Crapo; U.S. Senator Michael F. Bennet; Supreme Court Justice Carol Corrigan of California; Yabo Lin, Partner, Sidley Austin LLP; Jane Sullivan Roberts, Partner, Major, Lindsey & Africa; Lisa Rickard, President, U.S. Chamber Institute for Legal Reform; Elissa Lichtenstein, Director, Public Services Division, American Bar Association; Thomas L. Sager, Partner, Ballard Spahr LLP; Les Parrette, Senior Vice President, General Counsel and Compliance Officer, Novelis Inc.; James M. Rishwain, Jr., Chairman of Emeritus, Pillsbury Winthrop LLP; Betty Whelchel, Head of Public Policy & Regulatory Affairs, BNP Paribas SA; and Stephen R. Mysliwiec, Partner, DLA Piper LLP (US).

Clerked for the Honorable Roger L. Gregory, Chief Judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit and for the Honorable David O. Carter on the U.S. District Court for the Central District of California; student attorney in the Stanford Community Law Clinic; Co-President of the American Constitution Society; Iraqi Legal Education Initiative; editor for the Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties.

«Court To Expedite Appeal In $ 3.4 B Class Action Settlement»: At «The BLT: The Blog of Legal Times,» Mike Scarcella has a post that begins, «The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has agreed to expedite a challenge to the $ 3.4 billion Native American class action settlement that a trial judge declared fair and reasonable.»