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We have an Environmental practice that is a marquee practice and I think we will see more private citizen suits in that area.

Defended a food industry client in a citizen suit in California alleging Clean Water Act violations of pre-treatment standards; and

Not exact matches

By selling the bonds to Monaco, investors were trying to get around the 11th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution, which says, «The judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by citizens of another state, or by citizens or subjects of any foreign state.»

For example, in Hans v. Louisiana (1890), the high court ruled against a Louisiana resident bondholder on 11th Amendment grounds even though it did not specifically preclude suits by a state's citizens.

The couple filed their suit after being convicted in a Chinese court two years ago for illegally purchasing personal information about Chinese citizens, but argue that they were set up by Glaxo.

And the court has given states broad immunity from being sued in any court for money damages — for example, for infringing a patent or discriminating against older or disabled state employees — even though the Constitution limits this immunity only to suits in federal court by a citizen of a different state.

Democracy, to be practiced and implemented with integrity, demands a free flow of information to citizens; it definitely can not be overly censored, curbed, or edited to suit the agenda of the political party in power.

Every citizen, ideally, would be a «participator in government» and farmers were best suited to that role.

The US government has long been in the habit of jailing american citizens indefinitely without trial if it suits them particularly.

Lots of people have spoken at EU events I've attended have said they want to have a conversation about how we can try and have get a Europe that look like it works a bit better for ordinary citizens — not the rich guys in suits zooming about doing the deals but on things that make a difference to their lives like better rights at work.

The suit was filed in January by a group of citizens and state Sen. Martin Dilan (D - Brooklyn), and if State Supreme -LSB-...]

In the digital era a large part of the surveillance of Parliament by citizens and outside actors is now focused on social media, which are more suited to the detailed communication of parliamentary activity to a wide audience.

In January 2004, Riverkeeper initiated a citizen suit against two of the world's largest oil companies for the largest urban oil spill — right in the heart of New York CitIn January 2004, Riverkeeper initiated a citizen suit against two of the world's largest oil companies for the largest urban oil spill — right in the heart of New York Citin the heart of New York City.

Opponents challenged the plan in three suits, combined when the case went to the United States Supreme Court in League of United Latin American Citizens v. Perry (2006).

The suit also makes an equal protection claim on behalf of the private citizens, arguing they will be deprived of representation if prisoners are counted at their last home addresses and not in the prison cells where they currently reside.

Vermont: A citizen activist has filed suit in Washington County superior court demanding that a government contractor disclose how $ 85 million of public money was spent on developing information technology used in Vermont's health care system.

In some cases say, a senior citizens» Animal House directed by Jerry Lewis it's hard not to side with the suits.

Other groups across Canada agree and class action suits have been launched by senior citizen and anti-poverty activists, as well as other groups in Quebec, Ontario and Manitoba, including a recent one by Derek Nepinak, a former grand chief of the Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs.

Another way to expedite permanent placement for neglected animals is to use statutory provisions that allow a private citizen or organization to file a civil suit for an injunction against an accused animal abuser, thereby allowing the Court to terminate the defendant's interest in the animals.

This access was later enshrined in the form of citizen suit provisions written into many of the environmental laws passed in the 1970s (legal scholars have long disagreed as to the whether and to what extent the ’65 decision influenced the crafting of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969).

Other parties in the suit include the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; eight states including New York, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and New Jersey; and 13 citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Citizen Action, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and the Hoosier Environmental citizens groups including the Sierra Club, Natural Resources Defense Council, Ohio Citizen Action, Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and the Hoosier Environmental Citizens Action Coalition of Indiana, and the Hoosier Environmental Council.

In recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens... [more]

In December, a federal judge in Manhattan tossed a different emoluments suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and a restaurant industry grouIn December, a federal judge in Manhattan tossed a different emoluments suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and a restaurant industry grouin Manhattan tossed a different emoluments suit brought by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington and a restaurant industry grouin Washington and a restaurant industry group.

«Every person who, under color of any statute, ordinance, regulation, custom, or usage, of any State or Territory or the District of Columbia, subjects, or causes to be subjected, any citizen of the United States or other person within the jurisdiction thereof to the deprivation of any rights, privileges, or immunities secured by the Constitution and laws, shall be liable to the party injured in an action at law, suit in equity, or other proper proceeding for redress, except that in any action brought against a judicial officer for an act or omission taken in such officer's judicial capacity, injunctive relief shall not be granted unless a declaratory decree was violated or declaratory relief was unavailable.»

«A citizen of Maine filing a suit in state court against a foreign country for an incident that happened over 25 years ago.»

Imagine that, and you have created in your mind a delicious and uniquely American irony: punks, in suits, seizing law practice in America, and pointing it back to a future where it actually serves the individual citizen.

Siskinds filed the class action suit against Arctic Glacier in September 2008, alleging that the company had misrepresented itself as a «good corporate citizen».

CASL has been in force for almost three years but the «private right of action» is set to take effect July 1, which will allow private citizens to sue for violations, setting the stage for class action law suits.

When parties are threatened by potential litigation, such as citizen suits, our California air lawyers are fully prepared to protect and defend our clients at every point in the legal process.

penalizes the defendant for engaging in public participation «plaintiff» means a person who initiates or maintains a proceeding against a defendant; «proceeding» means any action, suit, matter, cause, counterclaim, appeal, or originating application that is brought in the Supreme Court or the Provincial Court, but does not include a prosecution for an offence or a crime; «public interest» means the whole of the subject matter invites public attention, or a matter in which the public has some substantial concern because it affects the welfare of citizens, or one to which considerable public notoriety or controversy has attached; «public participation» means communication or conduct aimed at influencing public opinion, or promoting further lawful action by the public or any government body, in relation to an issue of public interest; «Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation (SLAPP)» means a claim that arises from a form of expression or public participation, by the person against whom the claim is asserted that was made in connection with an official proceeding or about a matter of public interest; Purposes of this Act: 2 The purposes of this Act are to a) Establish a statutory right to public participation for every individual; b) Encourage individuals to express themselves on matters of public interest; c) Promote broad participation in debates on matters of public interest; d) Discourage the use of litigation as a means of unduly limiting expression on matters of public interest; and, e) Preserve the right of access to the courts for all proceedings and claims that are not brought or maintained for an improper purpose.

In recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens with an interest in an animal's welfarIn recent years, animal rights and environmental groups have also sought public interest standing to bring suit as citizens with an interest in an animal's welfarin an animal's welfare.

Among other areas, our litigation experience in the environmental area includes governmental and private - party actions under CERCLA (including serving as lead counsel for PRP groups at major Superfund sites throughout the United States), citizen suits under RCRA, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, claims for property damage and personal injury arising from industrial emissions or environmental contamination, and defending clients against state and federal governmental enforcement actions.

Obtained favorable settlement for manufacturer in environmental citizen suit brought pursuant to the Clean Air Act in Western District of Arkansas.

Intervened on behalf of farmers, ranchers, and agricultural entities in numerous federal ESA citizens suits brought by environmental groups;

When environmental disputes can not be successfully resolved, our attorneys vigorously advocate on behalf of our clients in federal and state enforcement actions, citizen suits, common law toxic tort actions and criminal actions.

Prosecuted a federal ESA citizen suit claim against the USDOI for alleged statutory violations in connection with the listing of the Stephens Kangaroo Rat.

The interest which any person may have in communicating in a place suited for the purpose can not have the effect of depriving the citizens as a whole of the effective operation of government services and undertakings.

We also represent industry clients in toxic tort actions, citizens suits and government agency enforcement actions arising under local, state and federal laws.

The Court of Claims was established in 1975 by the Ohio General Assembly, giving citizens the right to file civil suits against state agencies.

Krista deBoer has extensive experience in environmental litigation, regulatory enforcement actions and administrative matters involving tort claims, cleanup and abatement orders under the California Water Code, CERCLA allocation and cost - recovery, RCRA site closures, citizen suits under the Endangered Species Act, and CEQA

Our attorneys have been representing business clients at the highest level for the past 25 years in private cost recovery actions, government enforcement actions, criminal actions, citizen suits, toxic tort cases, corporate and real estate transactions, compliance counseling and rule - making proceedings.

When companies are threatened by potential litigation, such as EPA and state enforcement actions, criminal actions, and citizen suits, our California water attorneys are fully prepared to protect and defend our clients at every point in the legal process.

It is alleged by the defendant in error in this case that the plea to the jurisdiction was a sufficient plea; that it shows, on inspection of its allegations, confessed by the demurrer, that the plaintiff was not a citizen of the State of Missouri; that, upon this record, it must appear to this court that the case was not within the judicial power of the United States as defined and granted by the Constitution, because it was not a suit by a citizen of one State against a citizen of another State.

Earl L. Hagström, a talented attorney with 27 years of experience specializing in environmental law, citizen suit enforcement actions, and toxic tort litigation, has joined our firm as a partner.

• It should provide a speedy and cheap method to stop lawsuits if those suits were brought for an improper purpose, namely to harass or intimidate the defendants; • It should put the onus on plaintiffs to prove that their lawsuits were not improper; • It should help rebalance an inequality of financial resources between the parties, possibly by an order that the plaintiff should pay the defendants» costs at the outset of the litigation; • It should provide stronger legal protection for citizens engaged in public participation, such as through special defences; • It should deter people from bringing such suits in the first place, by exposing plaintiffs, and possibly their directors and officers, and lawyers, to awards of damages or even punitive damages.

The Judicial power of the United States shall not be construed to extend to any suit in law or equity, commenced or prosecuted against one of the United States by Citizens of another State, or by Citizens or Subjects of any Foreign State.

In these cases, suits may still be maintained against collectors by citizens of the same state.

The facts were unusual for a citizen suit, in that the citizen group plaintiffs were targeting discharges to ground water.

To accomplish this we need to do a much better job of connecting A2C and other outcomes in the minds of the general public: under - clothed citizens» health will decline from overexposure to the elements (both cold and sun), further taxing the health care system; families may fall apart under the stress and embarrassment of making and wearing their own clothing; those children forced to attend school in their birthday suits may be permanently traumatized or choose to play hookey rather than be subjected to the shame of conspicuous under - consumption.

Chewbacca, Dracula, and Ultron must file these suits in a court of law in order to have them (Though Spock does have these rights, as he is half - human, and assuming his mother is a United States citizen).