Sentences with phrase «appellate decision states»

«The District Court's charge, encompassing «any action taken or to be taken under color of official authority,» was overbroad,» the appellate decision states.

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What appears to have been a carefully crafted strategy then unfolded: The state authorities acted; Griswold and Buxton were charged, tried, convicted, and fined $ 100 each; and the lower court decision was upheld by the relevant Connecticut appellate courts (including the splendidly named «Connecticut Supreme Court of Errors»).

This DEC action comes on the heels of a recent New York State appellate court decision that reinstated criminal indictments against another concrete company, Quality Concrete, also located on Newtown Creek.

Last week, he went to the state appellate court to fight the decision, but they upheld the BOE's decision.

ALBANY — The corruption convictions of former state Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean G. Skelos and his son Adam B. Skelos were overturned by a federal appellate court on Tuesday in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that retooled the definition of an «official act» as it relates to public corruption.

A May 2017 decision by a state appellate court prompted the proposed legislation.

Here's the decision by four appellate court judges — two Democrats and two Republicans — dismissing Sen. Craig Johnson's appeal of a Dec. 4 ruling of State Supreme Court Justice Ira Warshawsky that handed the 7th SD race to Republican Jack Martins.

A state appellate court panel has upheld a lower court's decision to toss a lawsuit brought by conservative activist Robert Schulz that attempted to shape the makeup of a state constitutional convention — if the people of New York ever decide to hold another one, that is.

Carver said his lawyers also are weighing whether to appeal Wednesday's ruling, but the state Court of Appeals must give permission after the unanimous appellate decision.

The corruption convictions of former state Senate Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos and his son, Adam, were overturned by a federal appellate court in the wake of a U.S. Supreme Court decision that retooled the definition of an «official act» as it relates to public corruption.

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, had his appeal struck out on Monday by an appellate court sitting in Kaduna against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

However, legal experts point to an earlier appellate court decision in 2003 on the Suffolk Ethics Commission that found a county can impose more stringent ethics regulations than those required by state law.

The Brooklyn - based state appellate panel on Wednesday denied an appeal from Public Advocate Letitia James and several other groups seeking to overturn Justice William Garnett's decision to keep the testimony and minutes from the grand jury proceedings sealed.

An appellate court upheld the decision, setting up a 2016 showdown before the state supreme court.

The state of Illinois has not yet decided whether to challenge an appellate decision handed down last week that could result in three Lake County school districts seeing required payments to their local charter schools decrease, a state spokeswoman said...

In the U.S. Federal appellate courts, and maybe all of the state appellate courts, they have a procedure (as I understand it) by which a judge of the appellate court who wasn't on the hearing panel can request the full court reconsider the decision.

West Virginia's poor showing, something it has gotten quite used to over the years, was again largely attributed to its unique status as the only state with no intermediate appellate court, and thus no automatic appeal rights from the decision of a trial court.

The appellate decision did not reveal terms of the settlement agreement, but the plaintiffs» attorneys reportedly received $ 1.85 million in the state - court settlement.

An intermediate state appellate court upheld the judgment in a split decision, and Wal - Mart continued the litigation to the Texas Supreme Court in Wal - Mart Stores Inc. v. Johnson.

He has won many important appellate decisions for physicians and other healthcare providers and has argued several cases in the United States and California Supreme Courts.

He has tried jury and bench trials in state and federal courts and has been counsel in reported appellate decision.

Cassels Brock had appealed the original decision, with the appellate judge stating in her decision that the firm «raises legal issues relating to liability, the availability of an aggregate damages award, and the trial judge's damages assessment.»

The appellate court has not yet stated whether or not it will hear the case or let Judge Arrieta's decision stand.

A recent Utah Supreme Court decision sets forth a good example of how not to use out - of - state authority when writing an appellate brief on a question of first impression.

State Attorney General Luther Strange is pursuing the case through appellate courts where, most recently, the Alabama Circuit Court of Appeals overturned Judge Todd's decision.

The annual Haynes and Boone Securities Litigation Year in Review comments on significant securities - related decisions by the Supreme Court, federal appellate courts and district courts, notes key developments in SEC enforcement, and summarizes significant rulings in state law fiduciary litigation against directors and officers of public companies.

The decision halts a 27 - year old expansion of venue in patent cases which began in 1990 when an appellate court expanded venue from a corporation's state of incorporation to any district where personal jurisdiction could be established over the alleged infringer.

For one thing, Scholar has a fairly significant cache of articles and case law that runs back about 60 years and encompasses federal district court cases, state and federal appellate decisions, and other topics generally reserved for the legal community.

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there is nothing in the plain language of the Martin Act, its legislative history or appellate level decisions in this state that supports defendant's argument that the Act preempts otherwise validly pleaded common - law causes of action»

We represent construction clients in both state and federal appellate courts responding to appeals and challenging lower - court decisions.

And, unsurprisingly, he challenged the exclusive use of traditional sources, such as state - enacted law and appellate court decisions, in teaching materials, quipping, «what effect, if any, do appellate decisions have on the way ordinary people live their lives»?

Within each state, that state's supreme court decisions appear first, decisions of intermediate appellate courts next, and decisions of trial courts appear last.

Members of the group monitor state and federal appellate courts in Pennsylvania, Delaware, Massachusetts, New Jersey, and New York, as well as the Supreme Court of the United States, to report breaking appellate decisions important to our clients.

The New York Court of Appeals, which is the highest state appellate court in New York, recently released a decision affirming two lower court decisions to exclude a plaintiff's proposed expert witnesses in a personal injury case filed on behalf of a child who was born with serious birth defects and disabilities alleged to have resulted from his mother inhaling gasoline fumes while she was pregnant with him.

A state appellate court in Maine recently handed down a decision that demonstrates the importance of meeting deadlines and other procedural requirements when making a personal injury or wrongful death claim, especially when the claim is against a state or municipality.

The Supreme Court's decision is the latest in a series of important appellate judgments arising out of the long - running dispute concerning the enforcement of a Nigerian arbitral award between NNPC, the Nigerian state - owned oil company, and IPCO.

Our Court's position on the ex post facto issue is at odds with appellate decisions in other states.

The Lash & Goldberg LLP consumer litigation defense practice group closely monitors trends and developments in the consumer litigation defense area including state and federal trial and appellate court decisions, as well as pronouncements by the Federal Trade Commission and the Federal Communications Commission.

Still, it is noteworthy that no state appellate decision has found criminal adultery statutes remain constitutional since Lawrence.

Mr. Van den Bosch has appeared before a variety of trial and appellate courts, including the United States Supreme Court, where he successfully argued a trademark matter to a unanimous decision in 2015.

The appellate practice group is responsible for dozens of significant published decisions in state and federal courts throughout the country.

A state appellate court recently issued a decision in a product liability case that was filed by the widow of a man who was killed while working at a factory.

In 2013, she successfully argued for reversal by the New York State Court of Appeals of an adverse decision by an intermediate appellate court in a lease interpretation matter, thereby obtaining dismissal of the suit in its entirety against her client.

Albany government investigations and white collar defense partner Tina Sciocchetti and Boston associate Charles Dell» Anno co-authored this article about a decision in a Florida state appellate court regarding search warrants for automobiles» electronic data recorders (EDR), also known as «black boxes.»

«This favorable decision is the result of excellent work by our appellate attorneys and reflects the overall strength and experience of our appellate practice group,» said Joseph Hatchett, Chair of Akerman's appellate practice group, former Chief Judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit and former Florida Supreme Court Justice.

As reported by Law360, a California state judge recently ruled that Latham & Watkins tentatively was entitled to an award of attorney's fees to the tune of about $ 1.6 million as damages in a malicious prosecution case against litigants Messrs. Parrish and Fitzgibbons, in a case which produced quite a bit of appellate activity (including a published California Supreme Court decision).

Since the state's Law Reporting Bureaus oversees the publication of decisions of New York's intermediate appellate courts and some trial decisions as well that manual guides the writing of judges throughout the state and indirectly influences the citation practices of lawyers submitting memoranda and briefs to them.

For over 16 years Oklahoma appellate courts have attached non-proprietary, print - independent citation data to their decisions at the time of release, placed those decisions online at a public site, and required lawyers to cite state precedent using this contemporary system.

Illinois appellate decisions (as well as those of several other states) demonstrate the comparative advantages of such an approach.