In each district court, a chief judge, who is
selected by the district court judges within the district, is responsible for the administrative duties of the court.
It shows top districts by case filings, top plaintiffs and defendants and their law firms, and median awards of
damages by district courts.
Recently, the US Court of Appeal upheld a decision
by the District Court for the Southern District of New York to enforce an award that was set aside in Mexico between Corporación Mexicana De Mantenimiento Integral, S. De R.L. De C.V. (Commisa) v. Pemex.
JAKARTA — A landmark Indonesian case that saw an oil palm company fined millions of dollars for burning carbon - rich peatlands has effectively been derailed
by a district court on the...
Finally, as
noted by the district court, Brunner filed for the discharge within a month of the date the first payment of her loans came due.
Though Monday's
decision by the District Court of Cologne does not outlaw circumcision, it is still «outrageous and insensitive,» Dieter Graumann, head of the Central Council of Jews in Germany, said in a statement issued Tuesday.
(The injunction was
denied by a district court judge in April, but the case is proceeding, and reportedly has over 200 claims pertaining to a dozen patents.)
13 Illinois «note from your parents» requirement for gun possession by 18 - to -20-year-olds upheld by district court
The
ruling by District Court Judge David E. Winslow held that the cash - management program, which allows school officials to issue tax - exempt bonds to cover anticipated budget shortfalls, does not violate the state constitution.
JAKARTA — A landmark Indonesian case that saw an oil palm company fined millions of dollars for burning carbon - rich peatlands has effectively been
derailed by a district court on the...
The case was
decided by a District Court in Amsterdam, Netherlands, and «confirmed that the conditions of a Creative Commons license automatically apply to the content licensed under it.»
The constitutional critique has been advanced by scholars like Pam Samuelson and Tara Wheatland,
accepted by a district court judge in the Tenenbaum case, dodged on appeal by the First Circuit, but rejected outright by the Eighth Circuit.
The decline in civil trials in federal court has much more do to with the interpretation of the law by the Circuit Courts and Supreme Court and the resulting increase in summary judgments
granted by the district courts.»
In B&B Hardware, Inc. v. Hargis Industries, Inc., 135 S. Ct. 1293 (2015), the issue of likelihood of confusion was decided by the TTAB and
subsequently by a district court with opposite outcomes.
Los Angeles Times: Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison A Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this
week by a district court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi's attorney said.
Last week, the Supreme Court overruled a map
drawn by a district court in Texas, on the grounds that it departed too drastically from the lines drawn by the state's legislature.
US Sen. Chuck Schumer has recommended Kathleen Sweet, a former president of the Bar Association of Erie County, to President Barack Obama to fill the vacancy
created by District Court Judge William Skretny's move to senior status.
Seven of them, including the assembly member said to be the mastermind of the heinous crime were last Thursday
remanded by the District Court in Cape Coast.
In Japan, there are four types of divorce: Divorce by Mutual Consent, Divorce by Family Court Mediation, Divorce by Family court Judgement, and
Divorce by District Court Judgment.
However, after the injunction was
placed by District Court Judge James Wilson on January 11, 2016, families have been unable to take advantage of the nation's most inclusive school choice program.
A three - judge panel of the Atlanta - based 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals issued an unpublished opinion April 11 that affirmed both the jail sentence and a $ 50,000 fine
levied by the district court.
Judge Posner essentially disagreed with the assessments
made by the district court judge, and took the judge to task for certain imprecise (and possibly overbroad) statements that she made during the sentencing hearing.
The panel says that it is not reversing because «Appellants have presented no evidence that these sentences were
affected by the district court's reference to the 2008 Guidelines, and their speculation that the judge might have departed even further had he employed the 2002 Guidelines is not sufficient to show a substantial risk of harsher punishment.»
The Adjutant General would select all members of the Commission (currently they are
chosen by the District Court judges, the state bar's board of governors, and the Governor).
Of course, B&B Hardware makes clear that the determination whether issue preclusion applies will be
assessed by district courts on a case - by - case basis.
If so, can that presumption justify a sentence imposed without an explicit
analysis by the District Court of the [sec. 3553 (a)-RSB- factors and any other factors that might justify a lesser sentence?