Sentences with phrase «court justices»
"Court justices" refers to the judges who sit on a court and help make decisions on legal matters. They typically have significant knowledge and experience in the law and are responsible for interpreting and applying it to the cases that come before them. Full definition
The president picks the next supreme court justices, and that's what makes the real difference in this country.
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Oral arguments in the appeal have been heard, and it could be weeks or even months before the appellate court justices rule.
She's more than an associate supreme court justice — to her surprise, she's become a pop culture icon.
The legal costs and disbursements incurred and claimed by Ms. Chittley - Young produce a result that is contrary to the fundamental objective of access to justice,» wrote Ontario Superior Court Justice John Murray in his Aug. 31 costs decision.
In a speech at the University of Chicago Law School in May, United States Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg criticized, not for the first time, the court's 1973 decision in Roe v. Wade, the case that legalized abortion in the U.S..
This comes after retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice John Paul Stevens called for the repeal in a New York Times Op - Ed this week.
United States Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia and his wife, Maureen, have nine children.
A series of requested actions — including an interim sole custody order — have been dismissed by an Ontario Superior Court justice who told a couple whose... Read more
Attorney John R. Orton has been appointed to chair the Judicial Selection Steering Committee of the State Bar of Wisconsin, which is charged with developing and executing a plan to pass a constitutional amendment regarding the selection of Supreme Court justices in Wisconsin.
Multnomah County Library has selected United States Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor's «My Beloved World» for its 12th annual community reading project, Everybody Reads 2014.
Retired U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor says that federal mandates are squeezing some subjects out of the curriculum, and she is working on a project that has a goal of restoring one of them: civics education.
Last year, in Massa v. Sualim, Ontario Superior Court Justice Thomas Lederer looked at whether or not the RCMP was authorized to disclose information concerning Sualim to a lawyer at a private firm acting for Leon Massa.
The Ontario Court of Appeal decision in December overturned a ruling six months earlier by Ontario Superior Court Justice David Brown, who had granted Chevron a stay in the proceedings on the basis that the case had little hope of success and that Chevron Canada's assets were not directly owned by Chevron Corp..
MARSHALL In getting a glimpse at the life of former Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall, Marshall offers thrills, mystery, and gripping storytelling.
In «Sen. Reid Again Makes a False Statement...» professor Volokh starkly and frankly assesses how Reid spins his opinion of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
On Wednesday, October 5, 2016, Quebec Superior Court Justice Louis Gouin granted the Montréal SPCA's request for a suspension of the sections of the animal bylaw passed September 27, 2016, pertaining to «pit bull type dogs.»
Other records obtained by the Times Union indicate that the attorney general's office had also probed the business dealings of state Supreme Court Justice Robert J. Chauvin, a former Halfmoon town attorney and assistant district attorney.
In Nova Chemicals Corporation v. the Dow Chemical Company, the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed an appeal from Nova, finding Federal Court Justice John O'Keefe had not erred in his determination to grant costs in a lump sum, rather than use a full assessment process in accordance to a tariff.
The state Commission on Judicial Conduct has determined that a Monroe County State Supreme Court Justice James J. Piampiano should be censured in connection with his conduct in a high - profile murder case.
At the start of his career, Mr. Kramer served as law clerk to U.S. Court of Appeals Judge Henry J. Friendly of the Second Circuit and U.S. Supreme Court Justice William J. Brennan Jr..
At 2 p.m., US Supreme Court Justice Stephen Breyer speaks on «The Court and the World», discussing «the many ways in which American judges, when interpreting American law, must take ever greater account of foreign events, law, and practices», as part of the Foreign Policy Association John B. Hurford Memorial Lecture Series, 1 W 54th St., Manhattan.
However, appeal court Justice Ian T. Donald rejected that argument based on the fact the indigency rule applies only to the poor, not to the «struggling middle class who, while not poor in the ordinary sense, can not afford the fees.»
Both sides of the conversation were, in fact, clearly audible to everyone present,» said appeal court Justice George Strathy.
The state Rifle and Pistol Association has halted its lawsuit looking to strike down the SAFE Act because of the recent death of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony Scalia.
On Wednesday Ontario Superior Court Justice Michael Penny handed down a judgement that found Allen Chan, co-founder and CEO of Sino - Forest Cop, guilty of fraud, breach of fiduciary duty and negligence.
Chloe Bell, currently assistant to Lord Mance, said: «It is a real privilege to have the opportunity to engage with Supreme Court Justices on some of the most interesting legal issues in the country and to learn from the advocates involved in them.»
That's in addition to some 84 recommendations by Supreme Court Justice Frank Iacobucci that included the creation of a police and mental - health oversight body, and a requirement that new constables complete a mental health first - aid course.
But district leaders were engaged in a heated battle to nominate a candidate for family court justice from early in the evening until after midnight, delaying their decision on whether Jenkins or Latimer would get the party's official backing.
That firm will count Heenan Blaikie founder Roy Heenan, former Supreme Court justice Michel Bastarache, and former British Columbia attorney general Geoff Plant in its ranks.
Deputy grand chief Derek Fox and other leaders of Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Kitchenuhmaykoosib Inninuwug have criticized the appointment of Superior Court Justice George Patrick Smith as the interim dean of the school.
And fairness, as Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart once said, is what justice really is.
«You don't communicate ideas if you write High Court judgments in the way that the High Court justices did in my time.
Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Charles Solomon authorized Murray to have let polygraph administrators visit Zakharova at Rikers Island, where she's being held on $ 1 million bail in connection to the $ 400,000 grand larceny case.
A number of other grounds of appeal are advanced in the written submissions, including what the officer's lawyers say was a legal error by Superior Court Justice Edward Then, when he refused to permit a «suicide by cop» expert testify at trial for the defence.
State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Nugent - Panepinto Monday afternoon denied a temporary restraining order filed by former Buffalo School Board Park District member Carl Paladino to keep the seat vacant.
A panel of Supreme Court justices said on Thursday that prosecutors, judges and jurors had to take a different approach when dealing with defendants accused of being involved in some kinds of joint criminal enterprises.
«Reckless conduct, which requires the conscious disregard of a known risk, is not an accident: It involves a deliberate decision to endanger another,» wrote U.S. Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan in the majority decision for Voisine v. United States last month.
The prevailing view was expressed by then - Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. in McAuliffe v. New Bedford (1892): «The petitioner may have a constitutional right to talk politics, but he does not have a constitutional right to be a policeman.»
His client list included former Providence, R.I., Mayor Buddy Cianci, former Massachusetts House Speaker Tom Finneran, former R.I. Supreme Court Justice Joseph A. Bevilacqua and mobster Frank «Bobo» Marrapese.
The five Supreme Court justices hear appeals of decisions over all matters decided in the circuit courts, including criminal convictions affirmed on appeal from magistrate court and appeals from administrative agencies.
More recently, Delrahim aided Trump's team in securing Senate confirmation for Supreme Court Justice Neil Gorsuch.
Ever since 1971, when then - future Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell urged corporations to mobilize politically, corporate money has flooded Washington — most of it into Republican coffers.
Departing Washington less than three hours after he was confirmed by the Senate and sworn - in Thursday by Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito, a fellow Italian - American, Pompeo rushed to Joint Base Andrews.
Last Monday, B.C. Supreme Court Justice Kenneth Affleck told Crown lawyer Trevor Shaw that violating the court injunction was a criminal, and not civil, matter.
The original manslaughter indictment against Haste was dismissed in May by Supreme Court Justice Steven L. Barrett, who ruled that prosecutors from the office of Bronx District Attorney Robert Johnson erred when they instructed the grand jury that it did not have to consider communications other officers gave Haste that Graham, 18, had a gun.
Filling a new position created by Bill C - 31, Federal Court Justice Mary J.L. Gleason is appointed to the Federal Court of Appeal.
The arbitration is being presided over by retired Supreme Court Justice Peter Cory.