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The plaintiffs in the case say the state has overstepped its legal boundaries.
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Plaintiffs in the case say the Bush administration has been suppressing two reports intended to serve as a unifying guide for Congress and federal agencies on global warming threats and scientific research priorities.
And despite what the plaintiffs in this case say about their motive in suing the city, the city of Philadelphia has deeper pockets than the officer involved.
Not exact matches
Its six lawyers will represent plaintiffs in civil rights, discrimination, public safety and product safety, consumer protection, healthcare and medical liability cases, the firm said in a statement.
«A lawsuit opens the door, and judges almost always allow for a plaintiff to have a fishing expedition,» said Robert S. Bennett, the Washington lawyer who represented Mr. Clinton in the Paula Jones case.
Plaintiffs in the court case that threw out the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule declared «complete victory» against the rule and said the way is now clear for the Securities and Exchange Commission to create a new standard that would apply across financial disciplines.
In that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny CompanIn that case Gaidry, a manufacturer of a sauce labelled «Tabasco Pepper Sauce,» brought suit against McIlhenny Company for damages for alleged wrongful conduct in interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin interfering with the plaintiff's business by falsely and in bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin bad faith representing to dealers throughout the country that it had an exclusive trade - mark in the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Companin the name «Tabasco,» and threatening injunction and other legal proceedings against those who handled any sauce called «Tabasco» not made by the said McIlhenny Company.
«The Fair Labor Standards Act provides employees the ability to join forces in a «collective action» and seek justice from large corporations that they could not afford to bring on their own,» said David Lichter, a co-founder and partner of Higer Lichter & Givner, one of the law firms representing plaintiffs in this case.
Hall of Fame quarterback Dan Marino yesterday said he will withdraw from a lawsuit that accuses the National Football League of hiding the effects of concussions because he was inadvertently listed as a plaintiff in the case.
Due to the fact that the plaintiffs in the Abu Ramadan case have said that they will return to the Supreme Court on this very matter, one can safely state that the case is «impending».
He said in a statement at the time that: ``... I have this morning 4th November, 2016 filed an application at the Supreme Court for leave to examine the judgment debtor as the citizen public interest plaintiff in favour of whom the case was decided for the Republic of Ghana.»
Kaminsky's campaign criticized a video on the website of McGrath's law firm, Sullivan Papain Block McGrath & Cannavo of Garden City, in which a partner says the firm can get «substantive» verdicts for plaintiffs in police brutality and excessive force cases.
«Change does not happen without an honest conversation in our communities, in our courthouses, at City Hall about how we have real reform in the criminal justice system, real reform in our communities and real relationships between NYPD and the people they serve,» Tina Luongo, attorney - in - chief for Legal Aid Society Criminal Practice, the plaintiff in the court case, said.
At pages 44 - 45, he said: ``... I fully agree with the decision reached in this case that the plaintiffs» action be dismissed in so far as it seeks an order to compel the 1st defendant to compile a fresh voters» register or to use the validation process to clean the existing register.»
He said, «The trial judge distinguished the Lagos State case from the present one, and held that whereas the court of Appeal so held against Lagos State environmental sanitation days on the ground of same not being a creation of law thus could not be enforced against the plaintiff therein, whereas the Oyo State environmental sanitation days are held pursuant to the provisions of the Oyo State Environmental Law of 2012, 2015, and regulations made thereunder, making the Oyo State exercise legal and constitutional unlike the scenario created in the Lagos case.
But Brindisi says the governor's office erred here because the district is not a plaintiff in the case.
Plaintiffs in the case challenged the number of NHIS list presented by the EC, saying it should be more than the presented number.
For instance, a plaintiff in the Supreme Court case, Ellen T. Matloff of Yale Cancer Center, said that in 2006 she knew of a patient who had had breast and ovarian cancer who tested negative for BRCA1 and BRCA2, suggesting that this patient's cancers were not the result of a hereditary condition, according to the New York Times.
«It was an error on the part of the patent office to grant the patents,» says Marcy Darnovsky of the Center for Genetics and Society in Oakland, Calif., which has voiced their support for the plaintiffs in the case.
Kealoha Pisciotta, a Hawaiian cultural practitioner and a plaintiff in the case against the TMT permit, said she believed the board had rubber - stamped the permit, and the decision seemed like a foregone conclusion.
«The ruling opens the door for them to do the right thing,» says Kassie Siegel of the Center for Biological Diversity, a plaintiff in the case.
«Today's ruling affirms what millions of people across this country already know to be true in our hearts: Our love is equal,» said Jim Obergefell, the lead plaintiff in this landmark case.
Plaintiffs in some of the cases said they filed anonymously to protect their privacy.
Nevertheless, the judge said, the district and the minority plaintiffs in the long - running desegregation case had failed to show that the state took any actions to keep black and white children separate in the Yonkers schools.
Brown v. New York plaintiff and Rochester charter mom Maria Dalmau had an op - ed in the Democrat & Chronicle discussing the case, saying:
Superintendent - elect Glenda Ritz is a plaintiff in the case but says she plans to withdraw so there won't be a conflict of interest when she takes office in January.
Citing two earlier cases that forced changes in state laws regarding students» rights to quality education through money spent and time of instruction provided, as well as evidence in Vergara, he said the plaintiffs «have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Challenged Statutes impose a real and appreciable impact on students» fundamental to quality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.»
Ann McColl, general counsel for the North Carolina Association of Educators, one of three groups representing plaintiffs in this case, said it won't be that simple.
Los Angeles Unified parent Lauren Campbell has a child plaintiff in the case and said that even though efforts are underway to overhaul the evaluation system in the district, it won't do much to protect effective, less - senior teachers who she says she has seen get layoff notices year after year at Lanai Road Elementary School in Encino.
All told, the case and bargaining have cost the district more than $ 418,000 in legal bills to date, district officials said, not including $ 550,000 in attorney's fees paid to the plaintiffs.
In one case, a court rejected a $ 500,000 award because the plaintiff attorneys said it was too low.
But the plaintiffs in this case and other pending lawsuits say Freedman overlooked glaring problems with the paintings» backstories.
We will build a full factual record for trial so that the Court can make the best informed decision in this crucial constitutional case,» said Julia Olson, executive director of Our Children's Trust and co-lead counsel for the youth plaintiffs, in a statement.
If the plaintiffs were concerned about the effects of climate change in 2050, the judge said, they should refile their case in 2045.
I don't wish to anticipate the stories as they are told in Climate Cover - Up, but it may be said that in two of the three cases the plaintiff was able to derive considerable benefit from their suits.
On March 9, SFL says, Judge James Lawrence King entered — sua sponte — a default against Wachovia for failing to file a response to plaintiff's Amended Complaint in the case.
Dismissing the complaints of tort reformists who argue that inflated jury verdicts in medical - malpractice cases are creating a crisis in the insurance industry, Satin says any plaintiffs» lawyer worth his salt knows that it doesn't pay to take on a bad case hoping for a settlement.
Looking back in an interview with the First Amendment Center, John R. Bates, the plaintiff in the Supreme Court case that opened the door to attorney advertsing, says: «It is the nature of the First Amendment that there is going to be speech in every medium of communication that some people don't like.»
In that case, the court says that the following principles are applicable to the question whether a plaintiff should be examined within British Columbia:
That was a builder's lien case and in that class of case, one would expect a swifter pace to the action than might be the case of say a personal injury case where a very serious injury and the course of recovery of a plaintiff must be assessed over time.
It is unlikely the defendant would invest capital in that line of defence for this case, but it is reasonable to say the plaintiff's burden on causation would be somewhat heavier than in a case where the force of the accident is not really in issue, which weigh in favour of a trial in this court.
«Plaintiff lawyer ads targeting prescription drugs are frightening people out of taking prescribed medicines, and in some cases, even scaring them to death,» said ILR President Lisa A. Rickard.
With the backlog in Ontario civil courts, personal injury plaintiffs have to wait longer for their cases to be processed, putting a growing number of them in financial hardship, says Easy Legal Finance Inc. president and CEO Larry Herscu.
That was already fairly clear and the plaintiffs in the Microsoft case tried to get around that by saying well, we'll dismiss our individual claims with prejudice so that we can appeal the denial of class certification.
Say you represent the plaintiff in a motor vehicle negligence case and you need to pin down weather conditions at the time of the accident.
The plaintiffs» lawyers, however, said they had no contact with the Toronto Sun about the facts of the case and had not discussed the circumstances of the accident with Mandel other than to say the information was in the public domain.
«In this case, Mr. Zayouna actually said he had instructions, which was more than he was required to say for the other side to understand that its offer had been accepted and would be binding on the plaintiff.»
The judge in the case «found all of plaintiffs» claims defective for want of proximate cause and speculativeness of damages,» said PRWeb.
«The problem the plaintiff had in this case was that they relied solely on the working of s. 4, and didn't go further to try to introduce evidence as to why the forum clause should not be enforced,» Murphy says.
Two justices dissented in the case, however, leading the plaintiffs lawyer to say that he would urge his client to appeal.