Sentences with phrase «arguing against the case»

The Department of Justice defended the rule when it filed papers in July in a Washington district court arguing against the case filed by the National Association for Fixed Annuities.

The Council is arguing against the case by saying that it has never thought the schools are needed, and in August, the High Court agreed to hear the case.

I suppose the side view above could be arguing against the case for an 8, but in the 10 the waist was sitting away from my body and it wasn't even hugging my thighs.

Not exact matches

Bloom is the author of Against Empathy: the Case for Rational Compassion, which argues that we too often let our emotions get in the way of making sound decisions.

David Sanford, chairman of Sanford Heisler Sharp, the law firm that argued the largest - ever employment gender discrimination case to go to trial — a class action suit against Novartis Pharmaceuticals that resulted in a $ 253 million jury award for plaintiffs in 2010, reduced post-trial to $ 175 million — noted that in that case, the company had just three investigators for a workforce of thousands.

Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters)- A lawsuit filed by drivers against ride service Uber should not proceed as a class action, the company argued in a court filing on Thursday, citing written statements of support from hundreds of other Uber drivers in a case that could decide whether they are independent contractors or employees.

Renting, rather than owning a home, has positive implications for labor mobility, argues Harvard professor Jeffrey Frankel in a May 29th article posted on the Project Syndicate website, headlined «The Case Against Subsidizing Housing Debt.»

Here is a remarkably poorly argued and tendentious (not to say profoundly misleading) column by Marci Hamilton, making the case against religious hiring rights.

I want to be free to argue my case against them vigorously.

Collingwood's method in arguing his case against Ayer is to accept his premises while denying his conclusions.

Although the judge's decision did not deal with whether or not the sexual abuse actually happened, this latest turn of events is something of a victory for SGM, whose legal strategy has been to first argue that the First Amendment gives pastors the right to discourage victims of abuse from reporting the crimes against them to police and second to argue that the case should be thrown out on technicalities, such as the statute of limitations.

My guess is that it will be a difficult case to argue against the impact of the contraceptive coverage rule as anything but an «incidental effect» given it targets a market and there's no evidence that the rule is over or under inclusively fashioned as a pretext to target the religious beliefs of those opposed to contraception.

As it turns out, these poor fellows may not have been vagrants but merely exercising their constitutional rights: The Obama Administration recently filed a legal brief in a case out of Boise arguing that, in certain circumstances, outlawing sleeping in public violates the Eighth Amendment proscription against «cruel and unusual punishment.»

Against the Mental Capacity Bill, for example, a powerful case was put forward arguing that respect for the will of the patient was being legally and morally undermined - but not why the individual's will is relevant, let alone why it should be inviolable.

In its appeal to the Full Court, Prysmian argued that the trial judge erred in finding that it had engaged in cartel conduct in circumstances where the ACCC's case against Nexans SA, another alleged participant in the conduct, had been dismissed.

Only last week had a chat about arsenal and being soft in center I argued the case for the benefit of arsenal to find out we are the hard way having said that the 2 goals scored against us were suspect one being offside and the other well you can debate about its legitimacy for ever a truly horrid day

There is a decent case to be argued for both of the different tactics that Arsenal could employ against the spuds in the north London derby on Sunday, but which one is the best and which one will Arsene Wenger want his players to use?

This matter of Work Permits is a sensitive case to argue against the issuer of the permits.

Nevertheless, if the FA do opt to take action and discipline Alonso, he'll surely have no case to argue against it as the replay speaks for itself.

In this case however, more goals get scored in the Prem than Serie A where defending is more of a focus - and although you might have a point if you say that there are less strong teams in Serie A than the Prem currently - what Higuain has done this season is so exceptional that it's surely impossible to argue against him improving any team besides Barcelona & Bayern.

There could be a case to argue if incorrect refereeing decisions kept going against you (as they did with West Ham last season) that you have been the victim of misfortune; but if it is simply your players not being able to do there job effectively (e.g. by converting goal - scoring opportunities) then this is a reflection of ability or coaching rather than luck.

Don't read them, or argue a better case against them.

The only thing preventing such a practice is long - standing tradition that weighs against participating in cases that were argued before a different set of justices.

It is not a case of one civilization or one people against each other,» Mr Reid argued.

Davis argues that, since the Lincolnshire case, the wind industry is using more complicated corporate structures to reduce the likelihood of legal claims being brought against operators.

In papers submitted by the UK Government last year in the case and seen by the BHA, the Government attempted to argue that there is no breach of EU law because «if a teacher brought a claim against a school (on the basis that the school, as an employer, had discriminated against them in their remuneration, for example), then the court or tribunal would consider the legislation in this wider context.

If you're looking for good, clear military cases for and against building more F - 22s, you can't do better than checking out Mark Bowden's Atlantic Monthly article arguing for more and Fred Kaplan's very effective Slate.com response (Kaplan in a nutshell — it's hard to imagine too many geopolitical scenarios in which our having an extra 20 % of this one particular type of aircraft is going to make enough of a difference to justify the cost of building them).

One prominent legal commentator has argued that the case against the church, to force it to perform same - sex religious marriage, is «reasonable»; another has claimed that the church's argument is hysterical.

He argued that a recent U.S. Supreme Court decision tossing out the corruption case against former Virginia Governor Robert McDonnell showed that his actions also did not involve illegalities.

Exxon this week hit back against the California lawsuits in a filing with a Texas state court pointing out none of the cities disclosed such risks to bond buyers and arguing the lawsuits were politically motivated and linked to cases brought by the states of New York and Massachusetts.

Jack Straw, for example, had argued the case for nationwide closures to his constituents but was campaigning against specific closures, Mr McFadden explained.

One could also argue that the US would try to avoid using nuclear weapons against North Korea in the case of a retaliation attack in order to prevent larger tensions with Beijing and more risks to South Korea.

«I believe that we should now take the decision to extend British air strikes against ISIL into Syria,» he wrote, ahead of a speech in parliament on Thursday where he will formally argue his case for war.

The U.S. Justice Department has filed court papers in a New York case arguing that a major federal civil rights law does not protect employees from discrimination based on sexual orientation, taking a stand against a decision reached under President Barack Obama.

Meanwhile, politicians from Scotland of all stripes, where many contracts and defence industries are based, have made their case to the defence secretary against cuts - arguing that the result would be drastic economic decline.

The APC argued that since allegations over which Fayemi was being invited for investigation were the same allegations over which the minister instituted a libel suit against Fayose's aides, the lawmakers should utilise the matter before the court to establish their case.

The Welsh secretary previously argued its «whites - only» membership policy was currently being changed following an aborted court case against it by the Equalities and Human Rights Commission (ECHR), but that while it was not reformed, it remained an illegal group.

According to the court, the counsels for and against the case would have to argue the application on the adjourned date.

Lasher is running against Marisol Alcantara, a former union organizer for the New York State Nurses Association, and Robert Jackson, a former councilman who is also a plaintiff in a landmark case by the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which argued that New York was under funding schools and not meeting its constitutional burden to provide children with a «sound basic education.»

Arguing the no - case submission on Wednesday, Owonikoko maintained that the EFCC had failed to establish any case against his client but only maliciously put him through trial.

Having gained 47 per cent of the first round vote (on a turn - out of 26 per cent), Jarvis has a strong mandate to bring together the combined authority leaders and rubberstamp the city region's devolution deal to enact the manifesto he campaigned on, including making the case for a Yorkshire Mayor, which we would argue against making the first priority.

The learned silk further argued that separation of the trial as canvassed by the applicants would further delay the speedy trial of the joint charge stressing that the prosecution was fully prepared to prove the case against the defendants within a reasonable time.

Former top gubernatorial aide Joe Percoco is seeking to have the federal case against a number of current co-defendants severed from his own upcoming criminal trial, with his lawyer arguing that he had nothing to do with charges faced by six of them.

In that case, they argue, I would not have found such a huge swing against, for example, Charles Kennedy.

Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper said Qatada's case demonstrated the need for control orders and why the opposition had argued against the «weakening» of the government's counter-terror powers.

Those pressing for an inquiry argue that the war may have been illegal under international law and that Tony Blair made a wholly inadequate case for war by overblowing the case against Saddam Hussein, based on dubious intelligence.

The New York State Catholic Conference has argued against the window for years, saying it could potentially cripple parishes, school districts and other nonprofit organizations in cases from decades ago that might be impossible to defend against.

Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel Abelove, who is accused of two misdemeanors and one felony related to his handling of a fatal police shooting case, has moved to dismiss the indictment against him, arguing that «the evidence before the grand jury» did not support the charges, according to court filings this month.

While his statement did not mention Dolan by name, it came one day after the cardinal met with him to argue against a lookback provision being included in the Child Victims Act, which would extend the statute of limitations on criminal and civil child sex abuse cases.