Sentences with phrase «challenged in court several»

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Several lawsuits were filed challenging the government's right to create a private right of action, including one in Minnesota court filed by Thrivent Financial.

A Bit of History Earlier this year, the High Administrative Court of France was seized on behalf of several taxpayers, challenging the instituted regimen, in force since July 2014, related to taxation of bitcoin and other cryptocurrency - related transactions.

Several prominent writers, including Michael Gerson of the Washington Post, rightfully challenged this recent legal decision by a local German court in Cologne, which would effectively criminalize ritual circumcision for infant males as an exercise of religious freedom for minority religious communities in the country.

Republicans are challenging the 41 - vote margin of victory in court, ensuring the race's outcome remains in limbo for several more weeks.

Senate Republican officials are challenging the results in court and the race may not be decided for the next several weeks.

Hanna joins former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, HP CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney in signing the amicus, which is being filed with the Supreme Court as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of MarriageCourt as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriagecourt cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

BY MICHAEL RICONDA New City — Preserve Rockland, which is running candidates for various local elections in Clarkstown, is facing a challenge to their candidates» petitions in the latest of several election season court battles.

Several lower courts have ruled against it, saying it is un-constitutional, but the nation's highest court will take up a challenge to the Defense of Marriage Act, a law passed by congress in 1996 that defines marriage as between one man and one woman.

Despite President Trump's decision to dismantle DACA being challenged in several state courts and Congress having six months to come up with a fix for «Dreamers,» ECC and county leaders say they want immigrants to know they're always welcome here.

The filing in Manhattan Supreme Court revealed several more law firms that received, and are challenging, subpoenas: Jordan & Kelly, which employs outgoing Republican Assemblyman Tony Jordan; GOP Sen. Kemp Hannon's firm, Farrell Fritz PC; Sahn Ward Coschignano & Baker, which employs Assemblyman Tom McKevitt.

There are several other challenges to that decision still pending in federal court, however, from citizens groups, the city of Oneida and the towns of Vernon and Verona.

Two Senate races are yet to be decided, and the counting of absentee and affidavit ballots are being challenged in court, a process that could continue for several more weeks.

The policy was immediately challenged in federal court in several states, producing two rulings that blocked the ban from taking effect.

She said her group, which several years ago filed the lawsuit that forced the Interior Department into making a decision on the sage grouse, would carefully read and consider the management plans before deciding whether to challenge the decision in court.

Several major organizations, including the American Medical Association, the March of Dimes and the American Society for Human Genetics, filed friend - of - the - court briefs in support of the challenge to the patents on the BRCA genes.

The alliance and several families also filed as an intervenor in the state court suit challenging the constitutionality of the voucher law.

It's unclear whether the Houston school district will now negotiate a settlement with the teachers union or end up back in court, but either way, the decision comes at a significant time for the test - based accountability movement, which has faced a number of legal and political challenges over the past several years.

McGrath - Skrzydlewski joined several parents last October to sue the state in a Carson City court, challenging SB302 on the grounds that it diverts money meant «exclusively» for public schools to private schools and other private expenses.

Breed specific laws have been ruled unconstitutional and continue to be challenged in several court cases across the United States.

However, evolving technology in several courts and technology is a formidable task, as it requires the simultaneous consideration of many facets: legacy systems and technology, migration challenges, legislative and regulatory barriers, government procurement rules, technology obsolescence cycle... Not to mention, understanding fundamental technology trends, their manifestations and how to exploit them in a sustainable manner in a court context.

Bucklew is asking the court to decide several evidence - related questions in his Eighth Amendment challenge.

Whereas the first question is addressed for the first time to the CJEU (in Spasic the validity of the so - called «enforcement clause» provided by Article 54 CISA was challenged), the second question touches upon an aspect already considered by the Court on several occasions.

Those dates were later cancelled, however, when Landry, who is notorious in Quebec legal circles for several run - ins with the Quebec Bar and a defamation suit against Court of Quebec Judge James Rondeau, announced his intention to file a Charter challenge to Judge Roy's ruling on behalf of his client.

In a decision recently published on the Swedish Arbitration Portal, the Svea Court of Appeal dismissed a party's challenge to the arbitral award, finding that the party was precluded from challenging award on several ground, and had failed to establish that the tribunal had been partial.

Recently acted as lead counsel in defending several of the nation's largest retailers in consumer class actions across the country challenging the efficacy of a popular nutritional supplement; obtained court approval of a global settlement of less than $ 3 million (including attorneys» fees and notice costs).

In many instances, Randy's cases have involved direct challenges to state motor vehicle franchise statutes, and he has successfully argued several cases before state supreme courts that have involved challenges to the constitutionality of those statutes.

To the extent that Palmer suggests a generally applicable proposition that legislative purpose is irrelevant in constitutional adjudication, our prior cases — as indicated in the text — are to the contrary; and, very shortly after Palmer, all Members of the Court majority in that case joined the Court's opinion in Lemon v. Kurtzman, 403 U. S. 602 (1971), which dealt with the issue of public financing for private schools and which announced, as the Court had several times before, that the validity of public aid to church - related schools includes close inquiry into the purpose of the challenged statute.

Author: Anthony Pugh, J.D., Law Works P.C. Editor: Ben Hanuka On October 25, 2017, the Ontario Court of Appeal released its judgment in 2122994 Ontario Inc. v. Lettieri, in which it upheld the decision of the trial judge and dismissed the franchisor's several attempts to challenge the franchisee's rescission claim, such as alleged bad faith and alleged improper categorization of rescission losses.

Today's ECJ's judgement is the culmination of a 2013 legal challenge by European privacy campaigner Max Schrems who filed complaints against several U.S. Internet giants — including Facebook — in the Irish courts for alleged collaboration with the NSA's Prism program.

This order is sure to be challenged in the courts and several members of Congress have already vowed to introduce legislation to overturn the FCC's actions.