Sentences with phrase «among federal courts»

It is notable that there is significant disagreement among the federal courts on the ban of candidates soliciting funds for their campaigns.

But here there is a split among federal courts of appeals on an important constitutional question — the D.C. Circuit and the Fifth Circuit take the individual rights view (see here and here for why the Fifth Circuit's decision can't be dismissed as dictum), while I think nine other circuits take the collective rights view.

Not exact matches

The Eastern Guruma native tital determination, resolved by mutual consent of local indigenous people and mining interests among others, was ratified today at a Federal Court hearing near Tom Price.

Kickstarter, which was among 160 technology companies that told a federal court in Virginia to block Trump's travel ban in April, was one of the first firms to weigh in on the ruling.

To be sure, the agency was auditing dozens of easements; they were among the most litigated issues in federal tax court.

Among those expected to attend a hearing at the federal district court in Manhattan is Stormy Daniels, the adult - film star who claims she had sex with Trump in 2006 and took a $ 130,000 hush payment shortly before the 2016 election.

Billy Packer, a former CBS college basketball announcer who lives in Charlotte, is among the Siskey investors trying to get money back in a federal bankruptcy court case.

A victory in the case, though, would potentially set up a conflict among federal judges that ultimately would have to be worked out by the Supreme Court.

He then brought a new case in the federal courts to consider, among other things, whether a state could reverse the «once free, always free» principle under which the St. Louis County Court had ruled in Scott's favor.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

Joseph Percoco, second from left, leaving federal court on Sept. 22, 2016, was among 8 charged Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2016, in a 14 - county grand jury indictment as part of a wide - ranging bribery scheme.

Joe Percoco, once among the most powerful New York political figures, appeared in federal court today to face criminal charges stemming from a pair of alleged bribery schemes.

During the proceedings, according to court documents, Singh told a federal magistrate that, among other things, he provided a job to Linda Mangano «at the request of Ed Mangano and my purpose in hiring her was to influence Ed.»

In court papers filed Monday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, U.S. Attorney for the Southern District Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Kruger, Turano and Lipsky were among eight men busted Thursday on corruption «pay to play» charges filed in Manhattan federal court, where the senator is accused of collecting more than $ 1 million in bribes.

ALBANY — Former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, once among the state's most powerful elected officials, had his federal conviction on corruption charges vacated by an appellate court on Thursday.

According to him, the US Embassy said it was because his name was among a looters list submitted to it by the federal government arguing that the publication of his name as a looter was malicious since he has not been convicted by any court of competent jurisdiction.

At stake is not only an Obama break with the Bush - Cheney «dark side» here and abroad, but enough understanding among Americans that this current president has consistently and insistently maintained that he has the power to indefinitely imprison a terrorism suspect who can not be brought before a military commission or into one of our federal courts because the purported evidence against him or her can't be admitted.

Federal prosecutors have asked a district court judge for an anonymous and partially sequestered jury in the trial of man who allegedly has extensive contacts among ranking al Qaeda members and participated in a 2003 ambush that killed two American soldiers and wounded several others.

Some of the grounds the Federal Government is seeking the revocation of Kanu's bail are that; the offence for which he is standing trial is not ordinarily bailable; that among other conditions for the bail of the 1st defendant is that he should not be seen in a crowd exceeding 10 people; that he should not grant any interviews, hold or attend any rallies; that he should file in court medical updates of his health status every month; that rather than observing all of the conditions listed above, the 1st defendant in flagrant disobedience to the court order flouted all conditions of the bail.

In court papers filed yesterday in the federal corruption case against former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, US Attorney Preet Bharara said he wants to enter into evidence «expressions of concern, surprise and fear shared among the lobbyists and representatives of» real estate developer Glenwood Management.

Rep. Chris Collins is pushing his business partner's brother, John L. Sinatra Jr., for federal judgeship, stunning good government advocates and raising concerns among women lawyers because he would take the seat that the Obama administration wanted to fill with Buffalo's first - ever female district court judge.

Berger pleaded guilty to federal program fraud on March 30 for sending state funds to the West Bronx Neighborhood Association (WBNA) even though he had «received indications that WBNA was using the funds from Pathways to pay for, among other things, former State Senator Gonzalez's personal expenses,» according to court documents.

According to the Minister in a suit number 6 / 577/2016, filed at the High Court of the federal Capital territory in the Abuja Judicial Division, is seeking among others, payment of an aggravated damages to the tune of N3billion, (N2 billion against Lere Olayinka, the first defendant and another N1bilion aggravated damages against Dr Omotoso, the second defendant).

David Hope, known to his victims as «Capo,» and his associate Kemar Williams, 29, who remains at large, were charged in Manhattan federal court with sex trafficking of minors and conspiracy to commit sex trafficking, among other crimes.

Among the allegations in the complaint is that UAlbany violated a 1994 order by the state Supreme Court in Albany County that required any changes to the athletic program at UAlbany would be made in compliance with federal law, and that affected students would be given adequate opportunity to transfer.

NEW YORK — Rising Brooklyn politician Eric Adams, a retired NYPD captain, was among the targets of a federal criminal probe, court records revealed Wednesday.

Prof. Dankofa, among other things, in suit KDH / KAD / 236 / 2018 is praying the court to «declare that the action of the respondents (Kaduna State Government and Kaduna Geographic Information Service, KADGIS) in arrogating to themselves the power to punitively sanction the Applicants (Hunkuyi and his Company, Muna Investment Ltd) property, even if the Applicants were purportedly in default of payment of either ground rent or land use charge or for any other reason constitute a gross violation of Applicant Fundamental Human Right guaranteed under section 43 (1) and 46 (1) of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, 1999 (as amended) and therefore illegal, unconstitutional, null and void.»

The Owerri NBA chairman accused the federal government of desecrating the Judiciary, disobedience to court orders, clamp down on non-violent protesters, treating the issue of Mr president's ill health with secrecy, among others.

When a federal court in 2005 rejected an attempt by the Dover, Pa., school board to introduce intelligent design as an alternative to evolution to explain the development of life on Earth, it sparked a renaissance in involvement among scientists in K - 12 science instruction.

The concept has fueled angry squabbles among scholars, school leaders, and pretty much everybody — not to mention prompting an internationally watched federal court case.

At the same time, litigants attempted to bring «equity cases» in federal courts designed to eliminate spending variations among school districts due to heavy reliance on the local property tax.

Opponents would claim that the inclusion of religious schools among the choices for parents violated the separation of church and state, required by the federal constitution, and they challenged the program in court.

The federal appellate ruling last month lets stand a massive court - ordered property - tax hike imposed last fall on the city's residents to help fund the school district's desegregation efforts, which are among the most comprehensive and expensive ever undertaken.

The denial of a review is especially concerning given the existing split among federal circuit courts of appeal, one reason NSBA and school district lawyers met late last year with the U.S. Solicitor General, urging the administration to encourage the Supreme Court to hear the case even if it disagreed on the merits.

Posted on December 23, 2016 · A new Texas education commissioner vowed to crack down on district and campus accountability, a drawn - out court case over school finance ended and federal officials began investigating an alleged cap on special education services in Texas school districts — those are among the highlights of the year 2016 in Texas public education.

«By giving scholarship money to students who attend sectarian — but not «pervasively» sectarian - universities,» the federal appeals court ruled, «Colorado necessarily and explicitly discriminates among religious institutions, extending scholarships to students at some religious institutions, but not those deemed too thoroughly «sectarian» by governmental officials.»

Among the rule sets it offers are most federal court rules and the rules of 22 state courts and the District of Columbia.

Posts describe the challenges facing federal district judges — insufficient funding of the courts chief among them — and share the author's memories from his career as a lawyer and judge.

Jay - Z argued, among other things, that the federal court lacked subject matter jurisdiction over alleged violations of Egyptian «moral rights,» but in an opinion issued on May 2, 2011, U.S. Judge Christina Snyder disagreed.

Included among these are the Federal Courts Web Archive, the Federal Register, the Legal Blawgs Web Archive (slaw.ca is in there), and the U.S. Code.

At a recent conference among intellectual property practitioners, Justice Roger T. Hughes of the Federal Court, one of the architects of the amendments, issued a challenge to the bar to do just that.

The U.S. District Court in Massachusetts is among 14 federal courts participating in a pilot project allowing cameras in the courtroom.

Mr. Whitney's representative work includes a series of successful outcomes pursuing false advertising claims against product review websites, a landmark victory clarifying copyright fair use and parody on behalf of several well - known musicians; a defense win dismissing copyright infringement claims brought by a putative class of attorneys against the leading legal research websites; a favorable outcome for a high - end beauty products company in a trademark and trade dress action against a manufacturer of knock - off products; a district and appellate court decision dismissing all claims by a proposed class against an international bank for alleged violations of, among other things, the Federal False Marking Act, RICO and the CAN - SPAM Act; and counseling prominent art museums and galleries on domestic and international copyright issues.

In Brock's first Answer he says, among other things, «I am not sure how to handle for citations outside Canada, or to the Canadian federal courts, but will probably handle them similarly.»

«[4] In our view, the answer to this question is no: a current judge of the Federal Court of Appeal is not eligible for appointment under s. 6 as a person who may be appointed «from among the advocates of that Province».

Since 2002, he has argued and / or defended clients in the Supreme Court of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal, the Federal Court, the Ontario Court of Appeal, the Divisional Court, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice, the Ontario Court of Justice, the Supreme Court of British Columbia, the Tax Court among others.

Norm Pattis is rated among the best criminal lawyers in Connecticut and America, appearing in all Connecticut courts, federal courts in New York, and as lead trial counsel in cases across the United States.

The U.S. Supreme Court affirmed the Second Circuit's decision, resolving a conflict among Circuit Courts regarding the interplay between contractual limitations provisions required by most states» insurance laws and federal case law regarding accrual of ERISA claims.

Judges, law firm partners and local and federal government attorneys are among the 11 lawyers vying for a seat on the D.C. Court of Appeals.