Sentences with phrase «decision in a court case»

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And the Viacom CEO is caught in a Catch - 22 of his own making: Earlier this year, he maintained in a court case launched by the billionaire's former girlfriend that Redstone was fully capable of making decisions.

The U.S. Supreme Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow Court's decision at the beginning of 2015 to accept the case in which a court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow court majority ruled in June that state gay marriage bans are unconstitutional was a likely trigger, Warbelow said.

The decision by NB Liquor comes just days after the Supreme Court of Canada ruled in the case of Gerard Comeau who was fined in 2012 for bringing home cheaper beer and liquor he bought in neighbouring Quebec.

But without a majority decision on Halo, it could be more difficult for district courts to award attorneys» fees to prevailing parties in patent troll cases, which every year sap billions of dollars in such fees.

A split decision would keep the injunction in place, and potentially send the case back to the lower courts for yet more legal wrangling.

The case is important for small business owners, because it appears to increase the scope of the Supreme Court decision in the Hobby Lobby case.

When I was working on it from 1974 to 1994, it did not cross my mind that a legal case that would end up in the Supreme Court would be the consequence of my work and I'm so gratified that it was a unanimous decision.»

Perhaps the most politically volatile coming Supreme Court case is Whole Woman's Health v. Lakey, which will decide whether dozens of abortion clinics throughout Texas can remain open — a decision that probably will affect other conservative states that have in recent years imposed harsh restrictions on abortion clinics.

In his 2005 decision in the Disney shareholder case, Chancellor Chandler served up a stern warning to boards of directors according to a report by Reuters: «If neither the courts nor the markets are able to restrain executive compensation... the result will be imposition of regulatory controlIn his 2005 decision in the Disney shareholder case, Chancellor Chandler served up a stern warning to boards of directors according to a report by Reuters: «If neither the courts nor the markets are able to restrain executive compensation... the result will be imposition of regulatory controlin the Disney shareholder case, Chancellor Chandler served up a stern warning to boards of directors according to a report by Reuters: «If neither the courts nor the markets are able to restrain executive compensation... the result will be imposition of regulatory controls.

On Wednesday, the Supreme Court will hear Young's case and ultimately rule on what accommodations employers must make under the Pregnancy Discrimination Act, a decision that could touchthe lives of the 68 million working women in the U.S. and the 62 % of new moms in the last year who were part of the workforce.

(2) Bringing this case into court for litigation may be unusual but is not surprising; and (3) The concern about political influence in making this decision is an unfortunate cost of candidate and President Trump's disregard for the institutions of justice.

The Liberals are unlikely to make any final decision on drug testing until the Supreme Court of Canada rules on its legality in a case between Suncor and workers at its Alberta oil sands operation, said Troy Winters, senior health and safety officer with the Canadian Union of Public Employees.

This decision probably shouldn't have been a surprise, because it basically said that the court's 2010 decision in the Citizens United case, upholding the right of corporations to spend money in federal elections, applies to the states as well.

«Because Congress did not have a «strong basis of evidence» upon which to conclude that DoD was a passive participant in pervasive, nationwide racial discrimination — at least not on the evidence produced by DoD and relied on by the district court in this case — the statute fails strict scrutiny,» the decision stated.

The outcome of that $ 85 billion merger - in - the - making depends on a case in federal court, which is pending the decision of the judge.

The French decision follows the May ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Mario Costeja González, a Spanish man who succeeded in ordering Google to remove links to an old article saying that his home was being repossessed to pay off debts.

If any of the court cases against Kinder Morgan land in our favour, the public will need to mobilize quickly to force governments to respect the decision.

Decisions made the B.C. Supreme Court in favour of lower levels of government having the authority to create environmental protections in relation to the Northern Gateway pipeline could also support the province's case, Ryder said.

But the decision could be used as a non-binding precedent in future cases, meaning judges in other courts could rely on it or ignore it when similar cases cross their desk.

Now that some time has passed since the surprising Supreme Court of Canada decision in the Comeau case, it's worth reflecting on some of the concepts enunciated in that judgment in upholding New Brunswick's ban on cross-border beer imports.

The first line of cases began with In re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practiceIn re Daou Sys., where the Ninth Circuit reversed a district court's decision dismissing a Section 10 (b) action on the ground that the plaintiffs had not alleged any disclosures that defendants were engaging in improper accounting practicein improper accounting practices.

It seems inevitable that the Supreme Court of Canada's R. v. Comeau decision, in what will forever be known as «the Beer Case,» will go down as controversial and perhaps even deeply unpopular.

According to the Federal Court's recent decision in Taseko Mines Ltd v Canada (Environment), «a project of such magnitude as the one considered in the present case [an open - pit gold and copper mine in British Columbia] will likely have impacts in areas of both provincial and federal responsibility.»

The judge in Zervos's case cited the Supreme Court's decision in Clinton v. Jones in her ruling allowing the case to move ahead.

And the decisions made in forced arbitration proceedings are final — meaning in most cases they can't be appealed in a court of law.

Over the past decade, nearly 40 percent of all patent cases in the U.S. have been filed in Marshall and Tyler, Texas, two places known for their plaintiff - friendly decisions and sky - high court costs.

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Nicola Sturgeon was speaking at First Ministers Questions after judges found in favour of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde which was appealing against a decision of the Court of Session in Edinburgh last year in the case of Mary Doogan and Connie Wood.

Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the 1963 case Abington Township School District v. Schempp, which held that tax - supported schools were only allowed to teach about religion.

I've written elsewhere (and will have more to say soon, since I've got a lecture deadline) about the Supreme Court's quite breathtaking (in a good way) decision in the Arizona tuition tax credit case.

«After long discussions, we reached a decision that the case should be tried in an open court,» said National Police chief detective Ari Dono.

It seems to me that the U.S. Supreme Court's decision in the school - prayer cases had a much deeper and more powerful impact on the culture.

That's how I read the Supreme Court's decision not to hear cases in which lower courts ruled that marriage laws in various states that recognize unions only of a man and a woman are unconstitutional.

A court decision in this case means that the transaction is no longer voluntary — one side is being forced by the state to accept the terms from the other side, with no freedom to decide voluntarily whether they want to accept those terms.

The results of these and other Supreme Court decisions call to mind the warning issued by Justice Arthur I Goldberg (no Moral Majoritarian, he) some 25 years ago in the School Prayer Cases.

Again, the court's errors in such cases are difficult to correct, whereas leaving decisions to various legislatures allows for varying solutions and ongoing debate: states can serve as «laboratories of experiment,» in the words of Justice Louis Brandeis.

When it came, though, to the force of dissents read aloud, nothing compares with the dissent he delivered in 2013, in the Windsor case, when the Court teed up the decision it would render two years later in proclaiming same - sex marriage as a constitutional right:

Lively, with representation by Liberty Counsel (an evangelical legal organization), responded that in both the U.S. and Uganda he exercised constitutionally protected speech rights; that he opposes violence and neither committed nor plotted any; that Uganda did not in fact pass a proposed draconian anti-gay law, and that in any case Uganda's political institutions, instead of himself, are responsible for its political decisions; and that the court lacks jurisdiction and the plaintiffs lack standing.

The Supreme Court decision in the Cruzan case indicated that there is a right to refuse medical treatment (food and fluid presumably being defined as «medical treatment»).

For the present, the Supreme Court decision in the McCollum case of 1948 interposes barriers, but this need not be final.13 In the meantime, the churches should seize every opportunity to give weekday religious instruction on released time outside the public schoolin the McCollum case of 1948 interposes barriers, but this need not be final.13 In the meantime, the churches should seize every opportunity to give weekday religious instruction on released time outside the public schoolIn the meantime, the churches should seize every opportunity to give weekday religious instruction on released time outside the public schools.

What would be more likely in this case would simply be a newer court that would overturn the previous decision.

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Obviously, in each case the Court deferred to the decisions of democratically elected legislative bodies.

He suggests that, in agreement with Lincoln, Supreme Court decisions should be binding only on the litigants and not on other branches of the federal government, nor on other states, as the case may be.

The court's ruling was a backhanded decision that favored the theater circuit but added that if the city were to improve its system, such cases might be decided in its favor in the future.

In the biggest Supreme Court case on abortion rights of the past 25 years, the Supreme Court struck down Texas» tight regulations on abortion clinics in a 5 - 3 decisioIn the biggest Supreme Court case on abortion rights of the past 25 years, the Supreme Court struck down Texas» tight regulations on abortion clinics in a 5 - 3 decisioin a 5 - 3 decision.

Not happy with the Austrian decision, they've taken their case to the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France.

Apple's decision to advocate for expansive LGBT rights in an upcoming Supreme Court case could prove inimical to Apple's corporate interests.

In a decision that is encouraging for the mediating - structures approach, the Supreme Court held (5 - 4) in Boiuen v. Kendrick that the AFLA is constitutional on its face, remanding the case to the District Court for consideration of whether it had been applied unconstitutionally in specific instanceIn a decision that is encouraging for the mediating - structures approach, the Supreme Court held (5 - 4) in Boiuen v. Kendrick that the AFLA is constitutional on its face, remanding the case to the District Court for consideration of whether it had been applied unconstitutionally in specific instancein Boiuen v. Kendrick that the AFLA is constitutional on its face, remanding the case to the District Court for consideration of whether it had been applied unconstitutionally in specific instancein specific instances.

That seems likely to remain the case in the immediate future, even though the recent U.S. Supreme Court decision permits state legislatures to enact some modest regulation of abortion practice.