Sentences with phrase «brief in a federal lawsuit»
He has even joined three other NYS sheriffs in filing a friend of the court brief in a federal lawsuit seeking to overturn SAFE.
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The nation's largest bank is bracing for a lawsuit from federal prosecutors in California who suspect that the bank sold shoddy mortgage securities to investors in the run - up to the financial crisis, according to people briefed on the matter.
For example, in 2006, then - Senator Kerry filed an amicus brief on behalf of an ultimately successful federal lawsuit brought by several environmental groups against the Bush administration, challenging the administration's suppression of the National Climate Assessment process.
EPA's legal brief, submitted in conjunction with several other federal agencies as part of a 2001 lawsuit, said that «valley fill,» a term used to describe the mining debris, can cause «adverse environmental effects, as it eliminates aquatic life that inhabits those stream segments.»
The $ 399 - million damage award against Samsung, upheld by the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit in the Apple v. Samsung patent lawsuit, should be thrown out, EFF told the court in an amicus brief filed today with Public Knowledge and The R Street Institute.