In addition, inscription for proof and hearing, which was until now effected by the Plaintiff alone, now must be filed jointly
by the Plaintiff and Defendant who must negotiate a Joint Declaration beforehand (article 174).
Jurors listened to concluding statements made
by both plaintiffs and defendants on Tuesday, June 14, marking the final stage of the two - month - long manslaughter trial on the deaths of two firefighters in a 2007 blaze at the former Deutsche Bank tower at 130 Liberty St.. The summations came after final testimonies made on Mon., June 7, -LSB-...]
Not exact matches
Plaintiff seeks to recover compensable damages caused
by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws
and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b)
and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act»)
and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder.
Plaintiff Christopher M. Sulyma, on behalf of two proposed classes of participants in the Intel 401 (k) Savings Plan
and the Intel Retirement Contribution Plan, claims that the
defendants breached their fiduciary duties
by investing a significant portion of the plans» assets in risky
and high - cost hedge fund
and private equity investments.
On May 3, 2013, the lead
plaintiff filed a consolidated complaint alleging that, during that same period, all of the
defendants violated Sections 10 (b)
and 20 (a) of the Exchange Act
and SEC Rule 10b - 5 (b)
by concealing material information
and making false statements related to Parent's acquisition of Autonomy
and that certain
defendants violated SEC Rule 10b - 5 (a)
and (c)
by engaging in a «scheme» to defraud investors.
The Court announced that «[t] o prove loss causation,
plaintiffs need only show a causal connection between the fraud
and the loss
by tracing the loss back to the very facts about which the
defendant lied.»
The Ninth Circuit took a similar approach in Berson v. Applied Signal Technology, Inc.,
and ultimately fashioned a standard for loss causation in Nuveen v. City of Alameda when it held that a
plaintiff can establish loss causation «
by showing that the
defendant misrepresented or omitted the very facts that were a substantial factor in causing the
plaintiff's economic loss.»
I was an expert witness for the
plaintiff and we were able to show that the anonymous site was in all likelihood linked to another site known to be run
by the
defendant because of an under - the - hood WordPress config variable he probably wasn't aware existed (X-Pingback-Url FTW).
According to Athenian law, the jury had to choose between the alternatives proposed
by the
plaintiff and those of the
defendant.
The
defendant, in answer, denies that
plaintiff or its predecessors now use, or have ever used, the word «Tabasco» as a trade - mark or identifying name for sauce,
and specially avers that the word «Tabasco» could not
and can not be appropriated as a trade - mark, because it is geographical
and descriptive; that
plaintiff continually acquiesced in the descriptive use of the word «Tabasco,»
and never made a bona fide attempt to establish the trade - mark it now asserts;
and that any rights that
plaintiff may have had in the name as a trade - mark were lost
by the patenting of the process
and the expiration of such patent.
It appears from
defendant's own statement, that the McIlhenny bottle
and carton were used as a guide in the manufacture of his own,
and the inference must follow that his intention then was to make it appear to the casual observer that his sauce
and that of
plaintiff were one
and the same,
and thus secure the advantage of the extensive advertisement
and wide demand for
plaintiff's product, which the stipulation shows is sold in every State of the Union
and many foreign countries
and is handled
by a large maj ority of the jobbers in the United States.
Where
defendant, manufacturer of a sauce similar to
plaintiff's, copied the printed matter on
plaintiff's bottle
and carton
and adopted a bottle
and carton of the same size
and shape as
plaintiff's, he was guilty of unfair competition, although certain differences between the bottles could be discovered when the two were placed side
by side.
Defendant Bulliard, concededly, has a perfect right, so far as
plaintiff is concerned, to make sauce in accordance with the patent, but he does not pretend to be doing so,
and, in fact, since the adoption of the National Prohibition Amendment to the Constitution
and the passage of an enforcement statute
by Congress, he may not do so, as the patented process provided for a mixture of alcohol as well as vinegar with the pepper pulp.
The fact that
defendant has not only dressed his product in imitation of that of the
plaintiff, but has, in addition, likewise used
plaintiff's trade - mark, gives added reason why the Court should require that hereafter
defendant not only discontinue the use of the name «Tabasco,» but that he adopt a new
and distinctive bottle
and carton, such as will clearly
and unmistakably differentiate his sauce from the «Tabasco Pepper Sauce» manufactured
by plaintiff.
Not only did
defendant adopt the name
and imitate the bottles
and cartons in use
by plaintiff, but at the very beginning, when he started the manufacture
and sale of his sauce in competition with the long established business of
plaintiff, he printed on his bottle labels a caution to use «only the genuine Evangeline,» thus apparently seeking to create the impression that such «Evangeline» Tabasco Sauce was an old
and established brand, against spurious imitations of which the public should be warned.
Such of these other manufacturers, including
defendant, whose use of the word «Tabasco» came to the knowledge of
plaintiff and its predecessors, have been warned to the effect that they have no right to use the word in connection with the sauce, or to use similar packages,
and quite a number of suits for infringement have been filed
by plaintiff, most of which have been terminated
by consent decrees.
The
plaintiff is seeking: A declaration that upon a true
and proper interpretation of the provisions of the 1992 Constitution, particularly Articles 88 (5), 218 (a)
and (e), 284
and 287 thereof, the 1st
defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
defendant can not act as the legal representative for Honourable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta, the Minister of Finance of the Republic of Ghana, in a pending investigation bordering on conflict of interest
and abuse of office before the 2nd
Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed by the 1st Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant; A further declaration that the purported response filed
by the 1st
Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest and abuse of office before the 2nd Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant on behalf of the said Honorable Kenneth Nana Yaw Ofori Atta in respect of the petition concerning conflict of interest
and abuse of office before the 2nd
Defendant is unconstitutional, null and void and of no effect wh
Defendant is unconstitutional, null
and void
and of no effect whatsoever;
Defendant using his influence, wealth
and power lured
plaintiff into a relationship
and tried spoiling, debase
and corrupting the mind of
plaintiff by sending
plaintiff nude pictures, sex video
and masturbating video through Skype, Whatsapp
and asked
plaintiff to do same.
Plaintiff says that as at the 1st day of September, 2016, she had completed in electing a Presidential candidate with a vice presidential candidate
and also prepared 275 parliamentary candidates ready to sponsor them to the public office of the Presidency
and Parliament of the Republic of Ghana through the 2016 Ghanaian Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections being conducted
by the 1st
Defendant.
Plaintiff states again that C.I. 94 only re-state the mandate of the 1st
Defendant vested discretion of determining the filing fees with respect to the 2016 general elections
and not the specific fees to be charged
and basis of the fees charged as required
by law.
Plaintiff states that on Thursday September 8, 2016, she participated in an Inter-Party Advisory Committee, IPAC, meeting called
by the 1st
Defendant together with other registered political parties in Ghana during which the parties were informed
by the 1st
Defendant that the filing fees for Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections would be GHC50, 000.00
and GHC10, 000.00 respectively.
A copy of the suit said: «This honourable court will be moved
by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether
by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
Plaintiff avers that this filing fees imposed
by 1st
Defendant is arbitrary, capricious
and unreasonable.
Plaintiff avers that charging of filing fees for Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections in Ghana is discretionary power vested in the 1st
Defendant by PNDC Laws 284
and 285.
Plaintiff states again that 2nd
Defendant has not said a word against this marauding show of power without any legal justification
by the 1st
Defendant's request of a deposit of filing fees for the 2016 Presidential
and Parliamentary Elections thereby embolden 1st
Defendant in perpetuating these obvious illegalities against the political parties
and individual candidates in this 2016 general elections.
A copy of the suit, which is available to ClassFMonline.com said: «This honourable court will be moved
by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether
by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described, from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
And that «if payments have been made to the 2nd and 3rd Defendants under agreements other the two * dated 26th April 2006 *, which were terminated, issues relating to those payments would have to be determined in a forum other than this Court (Supreme Court) and in a different action, since they do not come within the issue of constitutional interpretation raised by the Plaintiff's writ&raqu
And that «if payments have been made to the 2nd
and 3rd Defendants under agreements other the two * dated 26th April 2006 *, which were terminated, issues relating to those payments would have to be determined in a forum other than this Court (Supreme Court) and in a different action, since they do not come within the issue of constitutional interpretation raised by the Plaintiff's writ&raqu
and 3rd
Defendants under agreements other the two * dated 26th April 2006 *, which were terminated, issues relating to those payments would have to be determined in a forum other than this Court (Supreme Court)
and in a different action, since they do not come within the issue of constitutional interpretation raised by the Plaintiff's writ&raqu
and in a different action, since they do not come within the issue of constitutional interpretation raised
by the
Plaintiff's writ».
The
plaintiffs are also seeking «damages, including aggravated damages for libel contained in the
defendants» publications indorsed on the writ of summons
by way of an attachment
and particularized in paragraphs 5
and 6 above»
and «cost, including lawyer's fees».
Asiedu Nketia, the 2nd
Defendant, said «No»
and that they needed cash so the
Plaintiff decided to issue two cheque payment vouchers on 7th December, 2015 for GH cents 2,000,000.00
and the other one on the same 7th December, 2015 for GH cents 2,199,340.00
and the said vouchers, according to the 2nd
Defendant, were received
by Gyanu Edgar, an employee of the Electoral Commission.»
The court held that the
Plaintiff has made more than sufficient references to the specific allegations, the dates
and times were made plus the specific radio / media platforms on which the allegations were made
by Defendants against the
Plaintiff.
«This court is minded to say that the reason for the suspension of the
plaintiff by the 1st
and 2nd
defendants was unconstitutional,» Justice Dimgba said.
By article 46, the first defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible and deceased persons and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law»
By article 46, the first
defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation
and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion
and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission from any external direction
and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first
defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it
by the plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible and deceased persons and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law»
by the
plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible
and deceased persons
and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters
and revise it at such periods as may be determined
by law»
by law».
According to the
plaintiff, the suits numbers are FHC / L / CS / 827/17
and FHC / L / CS / 826/17, adding that the negotiations
by the
defendants will render the outcome of the suits nugatory.
«It is my belief that the arranged marriage was all part of the grand design
by 3rd
defendant (Catherine Afeku) to defraud
plaintiffs by moving David Thomas from Kumasi to Axim
and also milking
plaintiffs family».
I noticed that Exhibit AAU the draft MOU, had attached to it a documentation pertaining to a $ 3,000.00 personal loan given to 2nd
and 3rd
defendants by plaintiff.
The
plaintiff and the second
defendant in the matter, Valentino Nii Noi, who won the primary, agreed to the submission
and moved the motion to set aside the earlier default judgement given
by the court when the party failed to make an appearance.
The
plaintiff, in its originating summons stated that «the allegations made against the 1st
and 2nd
defendants (Amaechi
and Onu)
by the two Justices of the Supreme Court of Nigeria... are grievous enough to warrant their arrest, investigation
and prosecution
by the 3rd
and 4th
defendants (DSS
and EFCC).»
The Human Rights Division of the Superior court of Jurisdiction in High court of Justice Accra, preferred an out of court settlement, which was accepted
by both the
plaintiffs, Mr. Philip Ayamba
and seven others
and the
Defendant, the Ministry of Justice
and Attorney General's Department in respect of L.I 2146.
Delivering the ruling, Tsoho said, «The
plaintiff raised two issues in the written address for determination, to wit: Whether or not the 1st
defendant (Saraki) can reject a valid statutory appointment made
by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the Office (of the Chairman) of the Economic
and Financial Crimes Commission in accordance with the provisions of the EFCC (Establishment) Act, 2004
and whether or not the 1st
defendant is bound
by the provisions of the EFCC Act, 2004, with respect to the confirmation of any appointment made
by the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria to the office of the Chairman of the EFCC.»
In a writ sighted
by OTECFMGHANA.COM, Mr. Agyepong is asking the court to issue «an order compelling the first
defendant to immediately cause to be retracted the defamatory statement via the same medium used in making them thus through the frequency modulation of the second
defendant and to render an unqualified apology to the
plaintiff via the same media.
He also sought an order of interim injunction restraining the second
and third
defendants, whether
by themselves, servants, agents, privies or howsoever called from forwarding a fresh name or governorship aspirant to the first
defendant, when the
plaintiff was still alive
and had not withdrawn his candidacy for the governorship election of Bayelsa State, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The Bayelsa State governor wanted an order of interim injunction restraining the first
defendant, whether
by itself, servant, agents, privies or howsoever called from accepting from the second
and third
defendants any fresh submission of names of governorship aspirant from Bayelsa State, to change / substitute the name of the
plaintiff which had already been submitted to the first
defendant after the primary election of January 2011, pending the hearing
and determination of the substantive suit.
«To the best of my knowledge, information
and belief, the
Plaintiff [Dominic Ayine] brought this action in his name fronting for the immediate past Government to set at naught the popular wishes of the majority of the Ghanaian electorate who see the President's acceptance of the nomination of the 2nd
Defendant [Martin Amidu] as Special Prosecutor, as being in the national interest to attack the canker of corruption in the body politic,» Martin Amidu indicated in his affidavit verification sighted
by Citi News.
In a suit filed Wednesday night, the
plaintiffs are seeking a declaration that the law is unconstitutional
and an injunction prohibiting enforcement of the provisions
by the attorney's general's office
and the Joint Commission on Public Ethics, which are the
defendants in the case.
In the Originating Summons marked FHC / ABJ / CS / 232/2018, the
plaintiff 8 issues for determination
by the court, including: Having regards to the combined provisions of sections 79,116,118,132,153,160 (1)
and 178 of the 1999 constitution as amended, the constitution read together with paragraph 15 (a) of the third schedule to the same constitution, whether the 3rd
defendant (Independent National Electoral Commission) is not the only institution or body constitutionally vested with the powers
and vires to organized, undertake
and supervised elections to the offices of the president, the vice president of the federal republic of Nigeria, the Governor
and deputy governor of a state, the membership of the Senate, the House of Representatives
and the House of Assembly of each state of the federation, including fixing the sequence
and dates of the elections to the said offices?
The case was won
by the
defendant (the organiser) without any question,
and the
plaintiff was questioned as to the wisdom of such a pedantic action.
While the district withdrew as a
defendant in the case before the trial started, she was called
by the defense in an effort to impeach the testimony of a
plaintiffs» witness, Nicholas Melvoin, a former LA Unified teacher at Markham Middle School in Watts, who had testified last month that teacher layoffs in 2009 resulted in effective teachers being dismissed
and morale at the school eroded.
Appeal from judgment entered
by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mark D. Fox, Magistrate Judge), which held that
defendant Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District intentionally discriminated against
plaintiff Santina Polera in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.,
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794,
and awarded damages to
plaintiff.
Whereas,
Plaintiff, the United States of America filed its Complaint on April 11, 2012, alleging that
Defendants conspired to raise retail prices of E-books in violation of Section 1 of the Sherman Act, as amended, 15 U.S.C. 1,
and Plaintiff and Settling
Defendants,
by their respective attorneys, have consented to the entry of this Final Judgment without trial or adjudication of any issue of fact or law;
[Geek note: structured settlements arise when a
plaintiff wins a court case,
and a stream of payments must be made
by a
defendant for the rest of the
plaintiff's life.