Sentences with phrase «at some court decisions»

«They decided they could thumb their nose at the court decision,» Parent Revolution spokesman David Phelps told me today.

Not exact matches

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow said.

I find it instructive to look at the specifics of Edwards» predicament, and the curious decision to prosecute in a federal court what was, while morally inexcusable, private behavior involving chiefly the wronging of a spouse.

Generally speaking, lawyers say you should try fighting back now, or at least find a way to delay settling until the summer, when a favorable court decision, as well as pending legislation before Congress that would make trolls responsible for court costs, could work in your favor.

Andrew and Nicola Forrest's company Forrest & Forrest has lodged an appeal against the Supreme Court's decision to allow Tony Sage - led Cauldron Energy to explore for uranium at Minderoo Station.

In a decision released by the Baltimore Circuit Court, Judge Martin P. Welch wrote that the 35 - year - old was being granted a new trial because his initial council failed to properly cross-examine an expert from the state about the reliability of cell tower data that seemed to place him at the scene of the crime.

In the notice of his decision, New York Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez supported the arguments made by Schneiderman at the November 25 hearing and did not appear to be sympathetic to or convinced by those of DraftKings or FanDuel attorneys.

The filing also argues that the 9th Circuit made the test for defeating a trademark too strict, and that it should — based on an older decision by a different appeals court — instead have simply looked at how most people use the word in question.

But it did take a swipe at Cisco's decision to take the dispute to court.

At all the companies mentioned above, for example, hardly anyone has a title; workers are empowered to make decisions without consulting (or courting) a boss.

The Supreme Court's Windsor decision applied to gay marriages only in the 13 states that permitted them at the time.

The Liberals are unlikely to make any final decision on drug testing until the Supreme Court of Canada rules on its legality in a case between Suncor and workers at its Alberta oil sands operation, said Troy Winters, senior health and safety officer with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

Thanks to a U.S. Supreme Court decision last summer, there is now no limit on how much card issuers can charge for late fees and other penalties, warns Michael Donovan, a partner at the law firm Chimicles, Jacobsen & Tikellis, in Haverford, Pa..

Meanwhile, a coalition of almost two dozen state attorneys general is suing the FCC at the U.S. Court of Appeals, demanding a federal - level rollback of the agency's decision.

«The greed at the expense of investors who are promised unmatched interest rates remained the only goal of the defendants despite the [July] decision,» Justice Marc Lesage of the Quebec Superior Court said, CBC / Radio - Canada reported.

«Because Congress did not have a «strong basis of evidence» upon which to conclude that DoD was a passive participant in pervasive, nationwide racial discrimination — at least not on the evidence produced by DoD and relied on by the district court in this case — the statute fails strict scrutiny,» the decision stated.

To begin at the beginning, it is instructive to review the U.S. District Court's 2009 decision on Rule 151A.

But they agree that a decision by the U.S. District Court in April or May will be a «key catalyst that will tip the scales or at least show the hand» of the Department of Justice, she said.

Will the SEC take this opportunity to clarify that same - sex couples in civil unions, domestic partnerships, and similar legal relationships intended to give them at least some of the economic benefits of marriage, are «spouses» to one another, and thus eligible for the alternative accredited investor qualification standard made available to persons who are married (with the Supreme Court's recent decision striking down Section 3 of DOMA, it is already clear that persons in same - sex marriages are «spouses» to one another)?

Yesterday's decision in Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC, the U.S. Supreme Court's third major decision involving the Alien Tort Statute (ATS), continues a trend of reining in human rights activists» efforts to police private businesses» overseas conduct through ATS litigation.

Not one executive of any major Wall Street firm that caused the financial crash in 2008 through fraudulent activities was prosecuted by the U.S. Justice Department — which was headed at the time by law partners from Covington & Burling — the Big Tobacco law firm that was singled out in a Federal Court decision for hiding the deadly effects of cigarette smoke for decades.

But as with past Supreme Court ATS decisions, the justices once again failed to shut the door entirely on human rights activists: the ruling said nothing about the many ATS claims pending against American corporations.

In the Supreme Court of Canada's Tsilhqot «in decision (para 148) they said: «Interjurisdictional immunity — premised on a notion that regulatory environments can be divided into watertight jurisdictional compartments — is often at odds with modern reality.

Committed to advancing the interests of our clients, both foreign and domestic, irrespective of where they trade securities, Pomerantz is at the vanguard of litigation in the wake of the Supreme Court's decision in Morrison v. Nat» l Australia Bank, 130 S. Ct. 2869 (2010).

The N.S. Court of Appeal has reached two decisions ending one employee's quest for coverage of the costs of his medical marijuana — at least for now.

Mexico's Supreme Court upholds a law in the state of Baja California that states life begins at conception, in a decision hailed by anti-abortion campaigners.

Nicola Sturgeon was speaking at First Ministers Questions after judges found in favour of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which was appealing against a decision of the Court of Session in Edinburgh last year in the case of Mary Doogan and Connie Wood.

CNN: My Take: Huge win for religious liberty at the Supreme Court Wednesday's Supreme Court decision holding that ministers can not sue their churches for employment discrimination was a huge win for religious liberty.

I do not yet know what all of Levin's proposed Liberty Amendments are — apparently, there is a new crack at Congressional term limits, which I am iffy about, an amendment for Supreme Court decisions to be expunged by 60 % of Congress or the States, which I am very iffy about, one providing Supreme Court term limits, which I am cool with, one requiring bureaucracy - ordered rule - changes to be subject to Congressional approval when they affect the economy by a certain amount, which I am also.

Quite apart from conflicting views on the merits of the question at hand, there appears to be increasing opposition to the judicial usurpation of politics, of which the California court's decision is an egregious instance.

«Sir Cliff looks forward to the point at which a judge can make a decision based on the evidence he or she will be presented with in court.»

For my good friends at the Georgia Family Council, I wrote a post on a recent decision by the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals in Jennifer Keeton's suit against faculty and administrators in the graduate counseling program at Augusta State University.

Church - state decisions by the Supreme Court, and by the judiciary more generally, sometimes seem to be aimed at replacing this inconveniently religious people with another people more to its secular fancy.

The causes, no doubt, are many: For example, the Court attached itself at the outset, in its 1947 Everson decision, to Justice Hugo Black's superficial and selective account of the religion clause's history and purposes.

Lawrence contributed, at least to some degree, to the Massachusetts state supreme court's decision in November that the state must recognize same - sex marriages.

Listen Humble themselves (that is, don't control the situation, and don't assume they understand or perceive the situation perfectly) Identify how they contributed to the situation (whether consciously or unconsciously, directly or indirectly) Take responsibility Apologise Allow the other person to express what they want done (and do it, if it is within the pastor's ability, and truly helpful) Support the other person's decisions, even if the pastor disagree with them Empower the other person at every step Part friends if possible, and at peace, if at all possible (and never go to court — Jesus and Paul call this dangerous and ridiculous, respectively)

Reuters: Saudi clerics protest against appointing women to advisory body Dozens of Saudi clerics staged a rare protest in front of the Royal Court on Tuesday against King Abdullah's decision to appoint women to a body that advises the government on new laws, a sign of growing conservative unease at modest social reforms.

CT closely tracks Christian student groups and how they fare on campus, including InterVarsity's key victory at Tufts, Alec Hill's response to the Supreme Court's Hastings decision and its aftermath, and the 15 Christian student groups that left Vanderbilt rather than open up leadership roles to non-Christians.

From the bad man's standpoint, obligations imposed by legislation or court decisions are no more deserving of respect than those imposed by a robber at gunpoint.

Without peaceful public acceptance of their decisions, courts risk irrelevance at best and social chaos at worst.»

Jehovah's Witnesses pursued court decisions to get in your face at the door steps, these same actions uphold rights of infamous hate church.

But the right is nonetheless at the heart of the 1973 Supreme Court decision in Roe v. Wade that permitted elective abortion in our society.

Jehovah's Witnesses instigated court decisions in 1942 which involved cursing a police officer calling him a fascist and to get in your face at the door steps,... this same JW 1942 court decision upheld infamous Phelps hate church in 2011 — Danny Haszard, More on this group http://www.dannyhaszard.com

Councillor Toby Neal at Nottingham City Council was quoted by the Nottingham Post as saying: «Whilst respecting the court's decision, I feel the judge has missed the point of us bringing this action, which was to protect people from feeling bullied and intimidated while accessing hospital services - something we don't welcome in our city.»

When the Roe decision came down, pro-abortionists and anti-abortionists alike expressed amazement at the sweeping change that the Court had imposed upon the country.

It turned out that the decision was not so much rooted in the Constitution as in the doctrine of precedent and» ironies begin to pile up at this point» in the Justices» perception that a contrary decision would undermine the Court's legitimacy by making it appear to be an institution influenced by politics.

Mrs Maguire's husband Don, children and nephews - who were not at London's High Court for the ruling on Monday - wanted Mr Justice Holroyde to order the decision taken by assistant West Yorkshire coroner Kevin McLoughlin to be reconsidered.

The judge, who had analysed evidence at a trial in the Family Division of the High Court in London earlier this month, said he had reached his decision with «profound sadness».

The Supreme Court used trimesters in its original Roe v. Wade decision, and decided that states might defend a baby's right to life at the expense of other rights in the third trimester of pregnancy, when the fetus is possibly viable.

Three Court of Appeal judges on Monday dismissed a challenge to Mr Justice Hayden's decision after analysing argument at a hearing in London.