Not exact matches
When we seek instead to «pay something back to the victims and bring them closure,» we are doing a justice either lower (as in
civil -
court cases) or higher (as in repaying blood
with blood)» but, in any
case, something that should not be a model for how we deal
with criminals.
The state's highest
court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a
case filed by the New York
Civil Liberties Union
with the support of multiple news organizations.
A seventh alleged victim, whose
case is being handled by a different law firm from the other six defendants, planned to sue in U.S. District
court, claiming
civil rights violations, according to people familiar
with that
case.
Their first meeting, and interactions
with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013
civil rights
case in which the Supreme
Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.
With the
civil case ended Marriette Brew Oppong was to prosecute the criminal
case against Woyome
case at the High
court and called eight witnesses, including former Deputy Minister of Finance, Kwaku Agyemang Manu and staff of the Ministry of Finance and Economic Planning as well as the former Minister of Education, Youth and Sports, Yaw Osafo - Maafo.
Rensselaer County DA Joel E. Abelove filed a
civil complaint in state Supreme
Court that seeks to overturn an executive order Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in
cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations
with police.
The Home Office said the
civil orders, which would restrict an individual's ability to travel or communicate
with certain people, could be used where there was insufficient evidence for a prosecution, or while waiting for a
case to come to
court.
The state's highest
court will decide whether to make NYPD disciplinary records public in a
case filed by the New York
Civil Liberties Union
with the support of news organizations including The New York Post.
Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove filed a
civil complaint in state Supreme
Court Wednesday that seeks to overturn an executive order Gov. Andrew Cuomo signed two years ago giving the state attorney general the authority to usurp local district attorneys in
cases in which unarmed civilians are killed during confrontations
with police.
In hindsight, the sugar daddy should have just gone ahead
with his
case in an actual
civil court.
Coinciding
with its world premiere at Cannes, Focus Features has released for writer - director Jeff Nichols» upcoming drama Loving, which explores the real - life courage and commitment of an interracial couple, Richard and Mildred Loving (Joel Edgerton and Ruth Negga), whose
civil rights
case, Loving v. Virginia, went all the way to the Supreme
Court.
Kobe Bryant was given a standing ovation despite facing a sex - assault charge in 2003 (which was dropped after the accuser refused to testify — a
civil case was later settled out of
court with Bryant apologising to the plaintiff without admitting guilt).
Paired
with young Jewish lawyer Friedman in a segregationist
court, he's forced to fight prejudice as he and Friedman work their
case — which helped set the stage for the future
Civil Rights Movement.
An interview
with Professor Gary Orfield, Co-Director of the
Civil Rights Project at Harvard May 2004 marks 50 years since the landmarkBrown v. Board of Education Supreme
Court case that declared «separate not equal» and jumpstarted a legally mandated approach to desegregate the nation's schools.
Massachusetts 2020 and the Nellie Mae Education Foundation, along
with education,
civil rights and child advocacy leaders, submitted an amicus curiae brief to the Supreme Judicial
Court of Massachusetts in support of the plaintiffs in the Hancock vs. Driscoll school financing
case.
High expectations for students
with unique needs An important
case being heard by the U.S. Supreme
Court on Jan 11, Endrew F. v. Douglas County School District, is being supported by
civil rights groups and school choice advocates alike.
That plan stems from the 1974 U.S. Supreme
Court ruling in the landmark
civil rights
case, Lau v. Nichols, that ordered San Francisco's schools to provide Chinese children who didn't speak or understand English
with a bridge to the curriculum.
Proponents jumped on board the campaign
with all sorts of promises that the standards were a
civil rights cause, declaring them to be «Brown 2.0 ″ for education — a reference to Brown vs. Board of Education, the landmark Supreme
Court case mandating racial integration in public schools.
Each district
court shall provide litigants in all
civil cases with at least one alternative dispute resolution process, including, but not limited to, mediation, early neutral evaluation, minitrial, and arbitration as authorized in sections 654 through 658.
O. Any final and definitive decision of an administrative law judge, or in the
case such decision is appealed, a final and definitive judgment of an appellate
court, issued in connection
with any hearing held pursuant to this Chapter and the Administrative Procedure Act shall be considered a valid and final judgment that may be made executory by the commissioner in accordance
with the Code of
Civil Procedure.
The heavy hand of the fossil fuel industry works mostly in legal ways such as the «I'm an Energy Voter» campaign in the U.S. Failure of executive and legislative branches to deal
with climate change makes it essential for
courts, less subject to pressure and bribery from special financial interests, to step in and protect young people, as they did minorities in the
case of
civil rights.
14) March 2, 2012 The Virginia Supreme
Court rules in the University of Virginia's favor in the Mann
case,
with the majority finding that the university is not a «person» as defined in the Fraud Against Taxpayers Act (FATA), and therefore the Attorney General has no authority under the Act to make
civil investigative demands (CIDs) of the university.
This Supreme
Court term turned out to be important for civil procedure, with three significant rulings on personal jurisdiction — when a court has control of the particular parties in a
Court term turned out to be important for
civil procedure,
with three significant rulings on personal jurisdiction — when a
court has control of the particular parties in a
court has control of the particular parties in a
case.
Last summer, Superior
Court Justice Eva Frank reached out to PBLO for amicus counsel when faced
with an unrepresented defendant in a complex
civil sexual assault
case.
Courts already are wrestling
with the challenges presented in general by electronic evidence, which has become almost ubiquitous in both
civil and criminal
cases.
With the backlog in Ontario
civil courts, personal injury plaintiffs have to wait longer for their
cases to be processed, putting a growing number of them in financial hardship, says Easy Legal Finance Inc. president and CEO Larry Herscu.
Circuit
Courts share concurrent jurisdiction
with District
Courts in
civil non-jury
cases in which the amounts in controversy are between $ 10,000 and $ 40,000.
In addition to defending clients charged
with major crimes, he also handles all types of
civil cases in tribal
courts, including now at Fort Belknap and Rocky Boy's.
Laura dedicates significant time to her pro bono work on prisoner
civil rights cases in conjunction with the US District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania's Prisoner Civil Rights P
civil rights
cases in conjunction
with the US District
Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania's Prisoner
Civil Rights P
Civil Rights Panel.
He has also represented several companies before the
civil courts in
cases dealing
with restrictive covenants and the validity and financial assessment of stock purchase plans.
I suspect that the real heavy lifting in enhancing access to justice is a matter of procedural reform — specialized decision - making bodies
with extremely simplified procedural rules for specific
civil law issues (something that actually already exists in certain areas such as Landlord / Tenant, but could be further improved upon), wider permissions for over-the-counter motions, fewer unnecessary
court appearances, fewer procedurally - mandated appearances (e.g., going from a
Case Conference to a Settlement Conference to a Trial Management Conference, and possibly further, before you can get to a family law trial), and so on.
If by the constitution, every Canadian
civil court must hear only
cases that present a real and substantial connection
with the
court, then it should be safe to recognize the judgments of that
court elsewhere in the country.
What is proposed, following the
Civil Justice Council's report on low value claims up to # 25,000, is a two - tier system
with a
court officer managing the
case and deciding the appropriate form of dispute resolution.
The NSPCC it is not clear on whether or not the levels of abuse against children is increasing, but it seems certain that current historically high numbers of these
cases are likely to continue,
with knock - on consequences to the
civil legal aid and
courts system.
A decision released yesterday by the Ontario Superior
Court of Justice's Divisional
Court has overturned a Superior
Court ruling that limited when
civil lawyers can share compelled medical records and other personal information
with defence counsel in the same
case.
In
case of «holy marriage
with civil recognition», honoured in a church and transcribed in the registers of the marital record of the Municipality, the
civil effects cease but to terminate the religious path a pronouncement of annulment from the Regional Ecclesiastic
Court or Sacred Rota is needed.
These facts, combined
with a second complaint alleging that the lawyer failed to prosecute a
civil case he was defending, led the
court to accept the disciplinary panel's recommendation that the lawyer be suspended for three months.
A
civil litigator
with a keen interest in insurance law, Douglas has experience handling a wide variety of
cases in the Superior
Court of Justice, Divisional
Court and
Court of Appeal.
This
case has had such a significant impact on
civil legal proceedings in the
courts in Ontario, including
with respect to the access to justice, that it has, in the course of one year since the decision was released, been cited in more than 400 reported decisions of the
courts in Canada.
Furthermore, in terms of access to justice, the fairly stringent leave conditions under the Supreme
Court Act 2003, are a greater barrier to bringing forward an appeal (at least in a
civil case) than was the
case with the Privy Council where disputes that involved a monetary amount of $ 5,000 or more could be brought as of right.
Unfortunately, the facts of this
case bring together two of the problems that are seen very frequently in
Civil Practice
Court and must be dealt
with to make the system work as intended in Toronto.
[2] In this
case, the
court is confronted
with the
civil consequences of a breach of the privilege.
It has resulted in the
courts, particularly in family
cases, becoming clogged - up
with litigants in person and the choking off of early advice to deal
with people's
civil legal problems before they spiral out of control.
In the development of the standard, the difficulty arose in applying the
civil standard to
cases with quasi-criminal elements (defence allegations of fraud or crime on the plaintiff's part), family law proceedings in the time before no - fault divorce, or matters of equity decided in the common law
courts.
The raw data (after culling the sample
cases) suggests that about 6.5 % of
civil cases end up
with a final decision in the NSW Supreme
Court and that in Victoria, about 4 % of
civil Supreme
cases end up
with a final decision being made.
Thankfully the majority of the
cases I have been involved
with were
civil and were able to be settled out of
court.
The
Court of Appeal has recognized the importance of prosecuting
civil cases quickly in many
cases dealing
with dismissal for delay.
In fact, Superior
Court Justice Eva Frank reached out to PBLO about perhaps getting amicus counsel recently when faced
with an unrepresented defendant in a complex
civil sexual assault
case.
To this end, «a party to a
civil case is entitled to have the jury qualified by the
court as to any insurance carrier
with a financial interest in the
case,» Ford Motor Co. v. Conley, 294 Ga. 530, 550 (2014), for even when the insurer may not be a direct party to the action, a relationship
with a non-party insurer
with a pecuniary interest may sway a putative juror's vote.
In recent years, we at the Canadian
Civil Liberties Association (CCLA) have become increasingly concerned about the frequency and ease
with which laws
with clear constitutional vulnerabilities have been proposed and passed by Parliament — only to be challenged later, and, in some
cases, be struck down by the
courts for violating the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.