Sentences with phrase «controversial case»

One might expect a would - be federal judge to say that ending segregation was a good thing, without opening the door to commenting on other controversial cases.

Jan Mazák and Martin Moser assess the CJEU's legitimacy on the basis of its use of general principles of law, especially that of the prohibition of discrimination on grounds of age in controversial cases such as Mangold and Kücükdeveci.

Unlike in the highly controversial case of Michael Brown in Ferguson, Mo., Garner's arrest was videotaped, leading some community members and elected officials to believe that an indictment was possible.

Part 2: Victor Joffe QC & James Mather continue their refl ections on controversial cases on ability to pay

Justice Stratas argues that we need stable, coherent, legal doctrine to which lawyers and judges alike are committed because we might not always live in «benign times,» and in a moment of crisis we will be better off if judges decide controversial cases on the basis of stable legal doctrine rather than of what they feel is right or fair in those ominous circumstances.

Such analyses can be quite useful according to Maja Krezwinska: «Using ancient DNA for sex identification is useful when working with children for example, but can also help to resolve controversial cases such as this one.»

The Wikileaks case is said to be one of the most controversial cases in ages.

One of the promises of evidence and dispute - resolution automation technologies like blockchain is that lawyers can focus on truly controversial cases that advance the law such as liability for self - driving car accidents or the right of governments to put people on secret black lists.

Recent controversial cases include Motorola not delivering the expected Android Nougat update for the Moto G 2015, and attempting to axe the promised Android Oreo update from the Moto G4 Plus.

One of Noonan's more controversial cases involved the scope of religious freedom.

WAMC's Dr. Alan Chartock discusses the Moreland Commission and New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, and the death penalty in a recent, now controversial case in Arizona.

In the last three years utilities and wind generators have brought controversial cases to the Maine Public Utilities Commission and the Maine Supreme Judicial Court, because the companies sought to do enter «affiliated interest» relationships, in which companies held by joint ownership sought to partner on generation projects requiring expensive transmission expenditures for delivery of the power.

If your firm has been lucky enough to handle a fairly controversial case being covered by the press or being called upon by a journalist for your legal opinion then you...

Wide - spread concern has been expressed about the risk of applying these exceptional measures to controversial cases where the UK is implicated in some of the most serious human rights abuses, including torture.

But in contrast to the scores of unemployed American lawyers who are victims of the economy, the lawyers in China are victims of their own government, which is taking retaliatory action to discourage them from handling certain controversial cases.

What the panel had to say: «Arvay never shies away from taking on divisive and socially controversial cases in his pursuit of civil liberties and human rights.»

«Lorne Waldman is always willing to take on controversial cases with the aim of ensuring all Canadians are treated equally and fairly.»

Regulating negligence — As mentioned above, one of the more interesting and controversial cases from the Health Professions Review Board this past year was the decision in Complainant v. College of Dental Surgeons of BC, 2009 - HPA - 0090 (b).

Standard Life Health Care v Gorman [2010] IRLR 233, CA is a case about agency, rather than employment, but it is worth mentioning here because it contains Court of Appeal approval for a hitherto controversial case on the interaction between garden leave and employee misconduct.

EFF Asks Supreme Court to Consider Controversial Case San Francisco - On Monday, the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF) filed a friend - of - the - court brief with the United States Supreme Court, asking the Court to review an important patent case that has broad implications for free speech and consumers» rights.

This section outlines a number of the more famous and / or controversial cases of casus belli which have occurred in modern times.

The Supreme Court will hear arguments on a controversial case on hiring and firing of «ministerial employees.»

The controversial case concerned picketing by Phelps» Westboro Baptist Church (WBC) at the Westminster, Maryland, funeral of Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder, who was killed in Iraq in 2006.

Like a judge trying to decide in a law court whether there was negligence in a controversial case, the men in the parable must weigh the cumulative effect of many factors.

Firstly, Arsenal would surely be mad to bid on a player who still has 6 games left of his League ban, and with a nasty streak in him which will in all likelihood see him involved in another controversial case.

A mother who lost custody of her 6 - year - old son for allegedly breastfeeding him against his will was legally reunited with the child Wednesday by a Champaign County judge, ending a controversial case about what constitutes appropriate parenting.

URBANA — A mother who lost custody of her 6 - year - old son for allegedly breastfeeding him against his will was legally reunited with the child Wednesday by a Champaign County judge, ending a controversial case about what constitutes appropriate parenting.

The ruling appears to wind down a controversial case that elicited deeply felt responses as it touched on several sensitive issues, including breastfeeding, co-sleeping, sexual abuse and society's norms about what constitutes good parenting.

Last month, the controversial case prompted Lt. Gov. Robert Kustra to announce his plans to introduce a bill in the spring General Assembly that would severely limit the commission «s powers.

New State Supreme Court Justice Frank Sedita wants to talk to some experts before handing down a decision in the controversial case.

Recently, the courts decided a controversial case that asked a fundamental question: Are isolated genes patentable?

A controversial case history detailing how a doctor helped a patient commit suicide -LSB-...]

Two teams have now strengthened the controversial case for black holes that inhabit a middle ground, but skeptics say the arguments don't yet tip the scales.

A controversial case history detailing how a doctor helped a patient commit suicide appeared in the New England Journal of Medicine in March 1991; and the following November the State of Washington held a referendum on a bill to legalise physician - assisted suicide.

Through examining the 2007 controversial case of a young Californian mother, Haley Wesley who accidentally caused the death of her child by vehicular heatstroke, the documentary reveals the growing social problem termed, «The Forgotten Baby Syndrome», which has become a disturbing phenomenon in the U.S today.

The controversial case against gay marriage in California gets the spotlight in this engaging documentary.

«We explore one of their most intriguing and controversial cases,» Wan explained.

Garza returns to private practice and travels the country with his legal team taking on controversial cases.

There's also the controversial case of Payday 2 on Nintendo Switch being behind on content, in comparison to other versions.

Gifford makes the controversial case that LEED certified buildings use more energy than comparables, not less - as much as 29 % more.

The controversial case, which turned the justice system on its ear, drew an arbitrary line in the sand, setting 18 months for provincial court and 30 months at the superior court system as the outside deadline for bringing cases to trial.

FitzGerald doesn't just stand out for the controversial cases she has taken on in her career, but for her break - throughs in them.

Item has a long and checkered history of inserting itself into high - profile or controversial cases (O.J. Simpson, Scott Peterson, Roman Polanski, Tiger Woods) and — as events of this past week demonstrate — even at current long - in - the - tooth stage, item has lost none of its effectiveness at cheap publicity stunts.

He used a judge's vote on a given case, speed in judging controversial cases, citations to and by other judges and dissents to evaluate the quality and independence of the opinions.