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Not exact matches
On Thursday, the Ninth
Circuit denied the government's emergency appeal to lift the Temporary Restraining Order (TRO) on Trump's immigration order issued last week by a
federal judge in Seattle, indicating in its opinion that Trump's past comments about a «Muslim ban» can be used as evidence for discrimination.
«While we had significant victories in the
federal district courts in New York and Boston and the Second
Circuit Court of Appeals, the reversal of the Second
Circuit decision in June by the U.S. Supreme Court has proven difficult to overcome,» Kanojia conceded in a blog post titled «The «Next Chapter.»
A three - judge panel of the 5th U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Monday from lawyers for Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC,
federal regulators and...
The ITC's decision came as the two companies faced off in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit in Washington.
Separately on Tuesday, a judge for the U.S.
Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth
Circuit, ruled narrowly in favor of the subsidies in a case called David King.
Although the
federal circuit judges in the cases decided in opposite directions, that discrepancy is likely to mean that the High Court will once more need to adjudicate the fate of the ACA.
Last year, the New York - based 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals disagreed, finding that the DMCA applied to infringement claims brought under
federal and state law, including oldies songs.
Trump has harshly criticized the
federal judge in Washington for his decision and a top White House aide on Sunday accused the 9th
Circuit of a «judicial usurpation of power.»
The Justice Department urged the Fourth
Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond to lift a stay imposed by a Maryland
federal judge March 16th blocking the administration from carrying out the executive order.
Her ruling followed the Ninth
Circuit federal appeals court's ruling from Thursday that had already prevented the order from being enforced nationally.
The 2nd U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals in New York also rejected an appeal by MP3tunes founder Michael Robertson, who was ordered to pay $ 12.2 million after a
federal jury in 2014 found him liable for copyright infringement.
The Second U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals concluded last August that
federal prosecutors no longer need to show a «meaningfully close personal relationship» between the provider of insider intel and the recipient of the tip.
House Democrats introduced a bill to restore the
Federal Communications Commission's non-discrimination and no - blocking rules that were struck down by the D.C.
Circuit Court of Appeals.
Gorsuch, who serves on the 10th
Circuit Court of Appeals in Denver, has previously indicated he thinks there are too many
federal criminal laws and regulations bogging down the courts.
In the ruling, which was made public just before Christmas, the U.S.
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington said the government was wrong to deny a trademark to «The Slants,» an Asian - American band.
In a recent court case, the 9th
Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using
federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.
The opinion, issued by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit, strikes down a legislative provision, first enacted in 1986 and renewed numerous times since, which sets a goal that 5 percent of federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged com
Federal Circuit, strikes down a legislative provision, first enacted in 1986 and renewed numerous times since, which sets a goal that 5 percent of
federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged com
federal defense contracting dollars each fiscal year must be awarded to certain entities, including small disadvantaged companies.
The
federal government decided against appealing the Fifth
Circuit Court of Appeals decision tossing out the Department of Labor fiduciary rule.
The group, Nexus Derechos Humanos, a civil - rights firm based in Virginia and Georgia, said it would detail the
federal lawsuit at a press conference Thursday in front of Broward's
circuit court.
He has also filed amicus briefs in landmark patent and other cases to district courts, the
Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court involving patenting issues relevant to biotechnology.
Judge Easterbrook, of the
Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, wrote a great article about the internet back in the 90s called «Cyberspace and the Law of the Horse.»
For years, patent owners, especially those that have never «performed» the patent, used the U.S. Court of Appeals for the
Federal Circuit's broad interpretation of the patent venue statute to force infringement lawsuits into favorable jurisdictions.
It invites the Court to review and reverse a Ninth
Circuit decision that condones a
federal agency's ratification of an unauthorized enforcement action.
Interesting changes though — Just before the
Federal Circuit oral arguments in this case, the PTO Solicitor withdrew its support from the PTAB's original decision and provided notice that the PTO is actively reconsidering its approach to claim construction and indefiniteness.
How the
Federal Circuit could rule that Alice did not change the law governing § 101 is a bit of a mystery.
On March 12, 2018, the
Federal Circuit held in SimpleAir, Inc. v. Google LLC, No. 2016 - 2738, that a terminal disclaimer does not raise a presumption that a continuation patent...
On 6 August 2013,
Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth
Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by
Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.
For more than two decades up to twenty dioceses have operated microwave video channels in closed
circuit or non-broadcast areas of the communication spectrum allocated by the
federal government.
The last - minute rewrite prompted a
federal judge in September to dismiss challenges by Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey, but the D.C.
Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to consider the cases.
Most recently,
federal courts of appeal for the Second and Ninth
Circuits» the latter court relying explicitly on the abortion jurisprudence of Roe and its progeny» have invalidated laws prohibiting physician - assisted suicide in New York and California.
In June 2008, the
federal Ninth
Circuit Court of Appeals asked the California Supreme Court to review the Boy Scouts» leases.
A day before the one - year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had barred same - sex marriages from
federal recognition, a divided three - judge panel of the 10th
Circuit Court ruled...
Federal judges, as Albanese puts it, «rode
circuit with the gospel of the civil religion and preached sermons in which the Constitution, its virtue and its promise, figured prominently.
The
Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia
Circuit determined in 1958 (Mullen v. U.S.) that there is such a privilege, and a
federal court in California added in 1971 (In re Verplanck) that it covers not only a clergyman engaged in draft counseling but his lay assistants!
Most recently,
federal courts of appeal for the Second and Ninth
Circuits — the latter court relying explicitly on the abortion jurisprudence of Roe and its progeny — have invalidated laws prohibiting physician - assisted suicide in New York and California.
The 2nd
Circuit reinstated Brady's DeflateGate suspension in April by a 2 - 1 vote, overturning a
federal judge's decision to vacate his ban.
While the O'Bannon precedent is influential in most of the country, it is fully binding in
federal districts governed by the Ninth
Circuit (which includes
federal district courts in Alaska, Arizona, California, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, Oregon and Washington).
In Australia, a
Federal Circuit Court Judge passed an injunction that legally banned a mother from breastfeeding her 11 - month baby because she had 2 tattoos placed while breastfeeding.
In its court papers on Wednesday, ABC filed a removal notice to shift the case from Union County
Circuit Court in South Dakota to the
federal district court for the District of South Dakota, Southern Division.
Prior to being elected a judge the State Supreme Court, Ziegler served on the Washington County
Circuit Court and worked as a
federal prosecutor.
Especially when one takes into consideration that a 4 - 4 SCOTUS tie leaves the
federal circuit appellate court's decision in place.
New York state lost a jurisdiction dispute with the FERC, after the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second
Circuit declined to review whether the
federal energy regulator had big - footed the state when it gave the green light to a controversial natural gas pipeline project in Orange County.
The U.S. Supreme Court refused to bypass the
federal circuit courts in the legal dispute over the Trump administration's cancellation of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, meaning that young immigrants known as Dreamers will be able to continue renewing their legal protections from deportation, at least for the time being.
The 2d U.S.
Circuit Court of Appeals said the conviction of Skelos and his son Adam for using Dean's influence to extort financial benefits for Adam had to be overturned because the jury charge didn't comply with a new Supreme Court ruling narrowing
federal anti-corruption laws.
The question is did the Ninth
Circuit drag its heels and wait until after the DADT Repeal became effective so it would not have to rule in favor of the LCR and against the
Federal Government and thus NOT set a precedent.
Tenth
Circuit Court of Appeals says Arizona and Kansas can not force proof - of - citizenship requirements on the
federal voter registration form
On the eve of the
Federal Circuit Court's approval of Congressional district lines that were seen to be extraordinarily favorable to Ackerman, and with the primary - free backing of the Democratic Party virtually assured, Ackerman has informed his family, staff, friends and party leaders that he will not seek a 16th term of office.
Nader's lawsuit against the
Federal Election Commission, over the FEC's refusal to even ask various state Democratic Parties and various law firms to respond to his complaint will be argued on January 14, 2013, in the U.S. Court of Appeals, D.C.
Circuit.
Ashley Moody has excelled as a commercial litigator in private practice, a
federal prosecutor and a state
circuit court judge.