Federal appeals court judges do not seem eager to embrace the arguments of lawyers seeking a new trial for former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos and his son.
Federal appeals court judges don't seem eager to embrace the arguments of lawyers seeking a new trial for Republican former New York Senate leader Dean Skelos.
Schneiderman said
the federal appeals court judges do have the power to ultimately order that the subsidies have to be paid.
Not exact matches
The
federal appeals court in New York ruled that Aereo
did not violate the copyrights of broadcasters with its service, but a similar service has been blocked by
judges in Los Angeles and Washington, D.C.
Otherwise, «any powerful person who asks someone to
do something is committing a
federal crime because people are afraid of powerful people and want to curry their favor,»
Appeals Court Judge Richard Wesley noted in the Silver hearing.
The
judges in the redistricting case, Reena Raggi and Gerard E. Lynch of the United States
Court of
Appeals for the Second Circuit and Dora L. Irizarry of
Federal District
Court in Brooklyn, noted that the magistrate
judge they assigned to draw the new map managed to
do in just two weeks what lawmakers «have been unable, or unwilling, to provide New York State voters in more than a year.»
In its decision, the Ontario
Court of
Appeal noted the trial
judge «made many errors» stating the original interpretation
did not take into consideration that a two - step process involving consultation by both the province and the
federal government is unnecessary, as the treaty right is protected.
Because laws which are facially neutral may «unintentionally have a disproportionate or adverse effect on a group or individual» (at para 36), the
Federal Court of
Appeal proceeded, where the trial
judge did not, to consider «whether the provisions of the ITA, while not directly discriminating on the basis of gender and family status,
did so indirectly and unintentionally» (at para 36).
In its review, the CJC said the
judges — Justice Denis Pelletier of the
Federal Court of
Appeal, and Chief Justice Eugene Rossiter and Justice R.S. Bocock of the Tax
Court of Canada — had
done nothing wrong.
«I am pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Justice Nadon, whose extraordinary body of legal work — as a longtime
judge on both the
Federal Court and the
Federal Court of
Appeal; judicial member of the Competition Tribunal; expert in maritime and transportation law with almost 20 years as a practicing member of the Barreau
du Québec; arbitrator; teacher; and author — makes him an ideal candidate for the Supreme
Court of Canada.»
Meanwhile, a decision yesterday from a three -
judge panel of the 1st U.S. Circuit
Court of
Appeals, Cook v. Gates, is drawing interest for its dismissal of a constitutional challenge to the
federal government's controversial «Don't Ask, Don't Tell,» policy on gays in the military.
«[T] he weight of authority suggests that accurate news reporting — even when it is likely to have an adverse impact on the subjects of the report — usually
does not give rise to an action for intentional infliction of emotional distress»: Yesterday, a unanimous three -
judge panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a federal district court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual ass
Court of
Appeals for the Tenth Circuit issued a decision affirming a
federal district
court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual ass
court's dismissal of claims for invasion of privacy and intentional infliction of emotional distress asserted by two former undercover police officers against a television station in Albuquerque that had revealed their identities and their undercover status in the context of a televised report about their suspected involvement in an alleged incident of sexual assault.
«I am pleased to announce the nomination of Mr. Justice Nadon, whose extraordinary body of legal work — as a longtime
judge on both the
Federal Court and the
Federal Court of
Appeal; judicial member of the Competition Tribunal; expert in maritime and transportation law with almost 20 years as a practicing member of the Barreau
du Québec; arbitrator; teacher; and author — makes him an ideal candidate for the Supreme
Court of Canada,» said Prime Minister Harper.
Anticipating controversy, the PMO has asked former Justice Ian Binnie to opine on the eligibility of a
Federal Court of Appeal Judge who had before appointment, practised for over a decade at the Barreau du Québec, to be appointed to one of the three «Québec seats» on the court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court
Court of
Appeal Judge who had before appointment, practised for over a decade at the Barreau
du Québec, to be appointed to one of the three «Québec seats» on the
court under s. 6 of the Supreme Court
court under s. 6 of the Supreme
Court Court Act..
The Supreme
Court Act
does not state that a Military
Court judge, a Tax
Court judge,
Federal Court judge, or a
Federal Court of
Appeal judge can be appointed to the SCC.
does not state that a Military
Court judge, a Tax
Court judge,
Federal Court judge, or a
Federal Court of
Appeal judge can be appointed to the SCC.