Sentences with phrase «curia by»

Several of them attempted to solve the finances of themselves and the Papal curia by the sale of ecclesiastical offices.

John shocked the Roman curia by throwing open the windows of the Apostolic Palace and letting in fresh air.

Lawyers represented Cargill in a class action at the Supreme Court of Canada; won a gaming law case for the BC Lottery; acted as counsel for the College of Dentistry in a series of high - profile applications; represented the Federation of Law Societies in two major cases; and were appointed amicus curiae by the SCC in the senate reform reference.

He was honoured to be appointed amicus curiae by the Supreme Court of Canada in the 2012 case of A.B. v. Bragg.

Not exact matches

September 2013: The PMA submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of petitions recently filed by Amazon and Overstock with the US Supreme Court.

As mediated by the journalists, the story of the Second Vatican Council was framed as a battle between traditionalists centered in the Roman Curia, the Vatican's bureaucracy, and a core of progressive bishops, mostly from northern Europe.

To the consternation of some bishops here, members of the Board arranged on their own to consult with leading prelates in the Roman Curia and were greatly heartened by the understanding and encouragement they received.

In 1986, an amicus curiae brief, signed by 72 US Nobel Prize winners, 17 state academies of science and 7 other scientific societies, asked the US Supreme Court in Edwards v. Aguillard, to reject a Louisiana state law requiring the teaching of creationism (which the brief described as embodying religious dogma).

The fact is that the exercise of papal governance is deeply affected, for good or ill, by the competence of the Curia and its senior officials.

But in the dramatic opening sessions of the council in the fall of 1962, the assembled bishops and other leaders of the Catholic Church, headed by those from Germany, France, Belgium, and the Netherlands, refused to follow the agenda set by the traditionalist Curia, repudiated their reactionary schemata, and unexpectedly showed themselves to be, in the majority, progressives open to John XXIII's agenda of sweeping pastoral renewal.

Obviously the Roman Curia bears a heavier responsibility because, as Pope Paul VI stated: «It is that instrument needed by the Pope for the fulfilment of his mission.»

An attempt was made to broaden the governing authority of the Church by giving the bishops more than their present consultative Magisterial influence; but, as the latest scandals reveal, that change was never implemented and the power remains solely in the hand of the Pope in union with the Roman Curia rather than with the Pope in union with the Bishops which would be closer to the governing structure of the Othodox Churches of the East.

«The value of the service rendered by the Roman Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein»

Pope Francis has, of course, outflanked critics of both the Curia and the Papacy by establishing a congregation of cardinals drawn from across the world to advise on the government of the Church.

It is quite possibly true that some of those who work in the Roman Curia may be insulated by their position from many of these painful realities, but the value of the service rendered by the Curia to the universal Church is not predicated upon the merits and talents of those who work therein.

Nineteen - year - old French speaking Charles Habsburg, already ruler of most of Spain, the Netherlands and Burgundy was elected in spite of all the attempts by Pope and Curia to prevent it.

Pope Benedict XVI has been in office for less than a year, and already there are rumblings of dissatisfaction (in some quarters of disquiet, in others of impatience), aroused by the — so far — slow progress of what everyone seems from the beginning to have assumed will be one of the new pope's priorities: the reform of the Roman Curia.

Reforming a dysfunctional Roman curia which is, by various accounts, sclerotic, lazy, factional, self - serving, secretive or actively corrupt will be high up on the to - do list, but so may a decisive and dramatic public gesture, signalling the church's sorrow and repentance for its crimes.

Two of the three legal experts - amicus curiae (friends of the court)-- invited by the Supreme Court have called for their removal.

These Articles applied and interpreted in sync, coupled with legal doctrines or principles of «ex facie curiae», «actus reus», «mens rea», «respondeat superior» and «nemo judex in sua causa», all of which were breached and disregarded respectively by the SC, my conclusion is that the SC acted unconstitutionally in the Montie case.

Klein joined Congressman Eliot Engel; New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat; New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz; and New York City Councilman Andrew Cohen, in filing amici curiae briefs on April 7, 2014, urged New Jersey's Superior Court, Appellate Division to invalidate LG's variance to exceed the traditional 35 - foot height limit in towns surrounding the Park by more than fourfold.

Poughkeepsie... Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro filed an amicus - curiae brief today with the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in support of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and the Public Service Commission of the State of New York's motion seeking to stay the implementation of a new capacity zone ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Funded by the teachers unions, and with a cast of amicus curiae characters that included the Boston Bar Association, the Harvard Civil Rights Project, and Jonathan Kozol, Hancock was watched closely by the education world.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

Separately, last week Barnes & Noble (s BKS) and the American Booksellers Association requested permission to file an amici curiae, or «friend of the court,» brief in the case, saying that «if the Court were not to permit ABA and Barnes & Noble to serve as amici in this matter, it is likely that DOJ's numerous arguments in that filing that are specifically directed against Barnes & Noble and ABA, complete with their factual inaccuracies, would go unrebutted by any party currently before the Court.»

Amici curiae briefs were filed by Animal Legal Defense Fund and the City of San Francisco in support of the declaw ban.

Statement from the environmental and community groups who were granted amicus curiae status by the court — Sierra Club, Ohio Valley Environmental Coalition, Coal River Mountain Watch, and the West Virginia Highlands Conservancy, represented by attorneys at Earthjustice and Appalachian Mountain Advocates:

Become much more involved in the judicial system to support the interests of the business community by, among other things, filing litigation and amicus curiae briefs in important cases.

The amicus curiae provided by CEI include skeptical scientists Sallie Baliunas, John Christy, Christopher de Freitas, David Legates, Anthony R. Lupo, Patrick Michaels, Joel Schwartz, and Roy Spencer.

Since 2011, we've assisted hundreds of researchers by providing legal counsel, matching them with pro bono legal representation, and filing amici curiae — «friend of the court» — briefs in their cases.

Rotten though the American legal system is, and despite the fact that most of these organizations do not agree with Steyn's views on climate change (nor necessarily with Mann's either), amicus curiae briefs supporting Mark's position have been filed by the American Civil Liberties Union, the Reporters» Committee for Press Freedom, the American Society of Newspaper Editors, the Associations of American Publishers and of Alternative News Media (e.g. Village Voice), NBC Universal, Bloomberg, Time, USA Today, the Washington Post, and many other publications and groups.

* Foley Hoag LLP authored a brief for the American Intellectual Property Law Association as amicus curiae in Kirtsaeng advocating for positions similar to those ultimately adopted by the Court.

But it is not certain whether the Government's initiative, backed by the National Election Commission and the Curia, the Supreme Court of Hungary, manages to overcome all difficulties either.

It is also reflected in the fact that the Firm is regularly retained by financial industry leaders (including, for example, the Illinois Bankers Association) to file amicus curiae (friend of the court) briefs in lawsuits involving issues of particular interest to the financial institutions industry.

Authored amicus curiae brief for Real Estate Bar Association of Massachusetts (REBA) in Supreme Judicial Court case of great economic significance to condominiums, in which the right of associations under the condominium statute to impose successive liens on owners who withhold condominium fee payments was upheld by the SJC.

The respondent's brief, and any briefs amicus curiae, shall be filed by February 22, 2008.

Mr. De La Cruz has also advocated for his clients» interests by submitting amicus curiae briefs to the California Supreme Court in cases that could have far - reaching effects on workplace practices.

He recently authored an amicus curiae brief to the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court in a case of great economic significance to condominiums, in which the right of associations to impose successive liens on owners who withhold condominium fee payments was upheld by the SJC.

Vicky Milner acted as amicus curiae to the Royal Court of Jersey in Klonowska v The Chief Minister, in which the Royal Court overturned a decision by the Population Office to allow a woman to run, but not work in, her own business.

While the briefing schedule of the parties is to be strictly observed, extensions of the time to file briefs amicus curiae will be considered on a case - by - case basis.

Two more amicus curiae briefs related to Google's appeal of Judge Posner's FRAND ruling in Apple's favor have become available: one of them was submitted by BSA The Software Alliance, and the other one by four law professors.

Thanks to a Comparative Patent Remedies blog post by Professor Thomas Cotter, I have just become aware of an amicus curiae brief (full text available here) filed with the Federal Circui by 27 law professors in support of Samsung with respect to the design patents - related bulk of Apple's $ 929 million damages award in the first California Apple v. Samsung litigation.

The search function is basic, so if you want to search by procedure or subject - matter, you will still need to go to the curia website.

This is a quick follow - up to last week's post on an amicus curiae brief by Lawyers for Civil Justice:

Amicus curiae (friend - of - the - court) briefs are filed by a person or group who has a strong interest in the outcome of the subject matter of a pending lawsuit even though not themselves a party.

On March 3, 2016, the Electronic Frontier Foundation filed an amici curiae brief in support of Apple in the San Bernardino case signed by 46 technologists, security researchers and cryptographers.

Rather, pursuant to the principle of jura novit curia, the arbitrator must apply the law even if it has not been referenced by a party.

Later this week, or early next week, we'll see some filings by amici curiae supporting Google.

This program brings volunteer lawyers into Chambers, where they act as «amicus curiae» and help the court understand the issues related and the positions taken by unrepresented litigants.

«While this court ordinarily restricts its discussion to the arguments made by the parties and does not address arguments of amici curiae... the argument presented by this amicus is sufficiently related to that of the [defendant] to warrant our discussion» (citations omitted).