Sentences with phrase «central issue on appeal»

The central issue on this appeal arises from an apparent conflict between the constitutional rights of a witness in a criminal proceeding and the constitutional rights of the accused in that same proceeding.37 The witness, N.S., an alleged victim of historical sexual assaults, contends that her religious beliefs dictate that she must wear a veil covering her face, except her eyes, when testifying.

The central issue on appeal was whether an «article of manufacture» is necessarily an entire product sold to a consumer, or whether it can be a component of a product made from multiple parts.

The central issue on the appeals was whether the imposition of this two step process was correct under a proper interpretation of the Treaty or under Canada's constitutional framework.

Not exact matches

That's the central issue in this book: An athlete should be judged on her ability, but a star may be judged on other criteria — on her personality, on her clothes, even on her sex appeal.

At his blog Decision of the Day, Robert Loblaw reports on a student speech decision issued yesterday by the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, Wisniewski v. Board of Education of the Weedsport Central School District, coming close on the heels of the Supreme Court's June 25 decision in Morse v. Frederick, better known as the «Bong Hits 4 Jesus case.»

The central issue in the Yugraneft SCC appeal heard on December 9, 2009, is establishing how an international arbitral award should be characterized — as being equivalent to a foreign judgment or as something else?

On appeal, the central issue became whether Walker was entitled to a trial by jury.

The Court of Appeal had treated physical liberty as the starting point and the central issue, and judged that the degree of physical restraint on the claimant's liberty was far from a deprivation of liberty in Art 5 terms.