Sentences with phrase «federal appeals panel»

Last year, federal appeals panels overturned convictions of two longtime power brokers, former state Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos and former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, dealing a potential blow to the legacy of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara, who had earned a fearsome reputation around Albany.

A Justice Department lawyer said courts should not second - guess Trump's targeted travel ban, drawing skepticism from a three - judge federal appeals panel weighing the limits of executive authority in cases of national security.

In a historic turn of events, a federal appeals panel in San Francisco ruled Tuesday that California's ban on same - sex marriage violates the constitutional right to equal protection.

Republican former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos on Tuesday became the latest disgraced ex-lawmaker to have their conviction tossed by a federal appeals panel.

A lawyer for disgraced former state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. on Wednesday told a federal appeals panel that Boyland should go free because of last year's Supreme Court decision narrowing the reach of federal anti-corruption laws in a case that involved former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Last week, former State Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Lower Manhattan) escaped justice when a federal appeals panel overturned his conviction for accepting bribes and money - laundering.

Former state Assemblyman William Boyland Jr. has asked a federal appeals panel to set him free because last year's Supreme Court decision narrowed the reach of federal anti-corruption laws in a case involving former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Lawyers for the mastermind behind the massive CityTime payroll scandal argued to overturn his bribery and fraud convictions before a federal appeals panel Monday.

A federal appeals panel cited the same Supreme Court decision used to vacate the conviction of Sheldon Silver, the former Assembly speaker.

A federal appeals panel has agreed to first let the former Assembly Speaker take his case to the U.S. Supreme Court before scheduling a retrial of his corruption case.

Dovetailing HUD's decision to deny the county's AI earlier this month, a federal appeals panel also denied the seventh appeal from the county on April 28, ruling that Westchester has engaged in «total obstructionism» regarding its 2009 federal mandate to increase access to affordable housing in more affluent pockets of the county.

A federal appeals panel has ruled that Westchester County is «engaging in total obstructionism» of a plan to build affordable housing.

A Federal appeals panel yesterday unanimously overturned the fraud conviction of former Assembly Speaker Mel Miller of Brooklyn, agreeing that a tangled real - estate deal in which he and his former law partner netted $ 200,000 did not constitute a crime.

A federal appeals panel shot down Monday a U.S. Department of Education rule that allows teachers in alternative certification programs to be classified as highly qualified» under the No Child Left Behind Act.»

Finally some rationality in the spate of DirecTV piracy suits: «In a setback to DirecTV's fight against satellite piracy, a federal appeals panel on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the company can not sue people under a wiretapping law just because they possess cards allowing them to intercept its signal.»

«In a setback to DirecTV's fight against satellite piracy, a federal appeals panel on Tuesday ruled unanimously that the company can not sue people under a wiretapping law just because they possess cards allowing them to intercept its signal.»

A federal appeals panel has asked a district judge to decide whether it's unconstitutional for South Dakota to impose a...