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This post summarizes a Federal Court case which dealt with the admissibility of Aboriginal oral history which would normally be considered hearsay

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In her announcement, Gillibrand criticized the 2010 Supreme Court case, Citizens United vs. Federal Election Commission, which ruled that the government should not regulate the amount of money corporations and unions can spend on campaigns.

While the Supreme Court in October 2015 declined to review the case, the justices in January agreed to review a similar one, Salman's case, in which a federal appeals court in California had issued a potentially conflicting ruCourt in October 2015 declined to review the case, the justices in January agreed to review a similar one, Salman's case, in which a federal appeals court in California had issued a potentially conflicting rucourt in California had issued a potentially conflicting ruling.

Clarification: An earlier version of this story was not clear on which court case, state or federal, Judge Edward Chen is hearing.

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.

In this most recent case the City of Burnaby was trying to get the support of the Supreme Court of British Columbia for an issue that it had already lost before the NEB and which, to put it in neutral terms, had failed to attract the interest of the Federal Court of Appeal.

Hogan initially sued Gawker in federal court, but after a federal judge denied his motion for a preliminary injunction (which would have forced Gawker to immediately take down the post while the case was argued in the courts), he dropped the federal case.

The case against Fusion GPS, which compiled the dossier, and its co-founder Glenn Simpson was filed in federal court in New York.

In March, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in two appeals cases related to same - sex marriage - California's Proposition 8, which bans same - sex marriage and the federal Defense of Marriage Act, which denies federal benefits to same - sex couples.

The amendment would require Oklahoma courts to «rely on federal and state law when deciding cases» and «forbids courts from considering or using» either international law or Islamic religious law, known as Sharia, which the amendment defined as being based on the Quran and the teachings of the Prophet Mohammed.

In Vermont, the federal court is now hearing a case in which a man is refusing to enroll in Vermont Health Connect, a state exchange, because a portion of his premium paid for abortion services and this violates his religious convictions.

He then brought a new case in the federal courts to consider, among other things, whether a state could reverse the «once free, always free» principle under which the St. Louis County Court had ruled in Scott's favor.

The ACCC has announced it will not appeal the Federal Court's decision in the Woolworths case, in which it had alleged Woolworths engaged in unconscionable conduct in relation to its «mind the gap» scheme.

But he has on his side the Federal District Court case of Goldwater v. Carter (1979) by which President Carter's authority unilaterally to nullify the Sino - American Defense Treaty of 1954 was upheld.

· Amend The Penal Law To Prohibit Undisclosed Self - Dealing By Public Officials: To address the Supreme Court's decision in Skilling, which severely hampered the federal government's ability to prosecute cases involving deprivation of «honest services» by public officials, New York State should enact a felony - level crime of «Undisclosed Self - Dealing» to target public officials who further their own financial self - interest while purporting to be acting on behalf of their constituents or government employer.

Hanna joins former Utah governor and presidential candidate Jon Huntsman, HP CEO Meg Whitman and ex-Vice President Dick Cheney in signing the amicus, which is being filed with the Supreme Court as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of MarriageCourt as justices prepare to take on several court cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriagecourt cases challenging same - sex marriage laws, including the controversial Proposition 8 measure in California and the federal Defense of Marriage Act.

First, an individual can not sue a state in federal court under the Eleventh Amendment of the United States Constitution, unless the state gives consent or Congress waives immunity, which in this case did not happen.

The case, which is being handled in federal court in Manhattan, will pause now for a period of «discovery» while prosecutors and defense attorneys exchange information.

Their first meeting, and interactions with Edie Windsor, the plaintiff in the landmark 2013 civil rights case in which the Supreme Court held that restricting U.S. federal interpretation of «marriage» and «spouse» can apply only to opposite - sex unions was unconstitutional.

At least not after the guidance the Supreme Court had handed down in the McDonnell case, which found the justices grappling with what counts as an «official act» under federal anti-bribery statute.

Silver's 2015 conviction on corruption charges was overturned last month by a federal appeals court, which remanded the case back to a lower court for retrial.

The hues and cry of Hon. James Faleke, the running mate to late Audu Abubakar may have just been given a wave of hand as Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the federal high court, Abuja, on Friday ruled that the court had no jurisdiction to hear the cases involving the Kogi governorship election, which was declared inconclusive on November 22.

have «federal question» jurisdiction, which means that federal courts will hear cases that involve issues touching on the Constitution or other federal laws.

«We cite the case of Sambo Dasuki who has been in detention for over two years and running even when many courts in Nigeria and the Ecowas Court have ordered for his release, but the President has fragrantly disobeyed these court orders which again are a violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of NigCourt have ordered for his release, but the President has fragrantly disobeyed these court orders which again are a violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigcourt orders which again are a violation of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.

It is possible that the Legislature may take up additions to the exchange once the dust settles on the Supreme Court case, which was in its second day of arguments over the constitutionality of the 2010 federal health care overhaul, a key piece of President Obama's first term legislative victories.

A prominent component of relevant case law is the Supreme Court decision Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission, which ruled unconstitutional certain restrictions on corporate campaign spending during elections.

«Federal prosecutors had conceded that under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer, a federal honest services prosecution must include specific allegations of a bribe or kickback, which Bruno's case did not.Federal prosecutors had conceded that under a U.S. Supreme Court ruling last summer, a federal honest services prosecution must include specific allegations of a bribe or kickback, which Bruno's case did not.federal honest services prosecution must include specific allegations of a bribe or kickback, which Bruno's case did not.»

Attorneys on both sides have argued that prior rulings by New York's Court of Appeals, which lay the foundation for the state laws that apply in the federal case, break in their favor.

The alleged arrangement, which has become the heart of the corruption case against Mr. Silver, came into focus at his trial on Wednesday, as Dr. Robert N. Taub of Columbia University testified in federal court in Manhattan as a government witness.

A sixth case is pending in federal court in which Shupe - Roderick is suing «Wyoming Child Support Services» — an apparent reference to the Wyoming Department of Family Services — for allegedly intercepting a $ 643 federal tax refund to pay child support to his ex-wife.»

«It's been mischaracterized as an expansion of abortion rights which is not true,» said Hochul, who says the aim of the bill is to make sure New York's 1970 abortion laws are updated and are consistent with the current federal protections, in case the U.S. Supreme Court ever reverses Roe v. Wade.

The Makarfi faction, which has the support of the majority of the stakeholders and caucuses of the party, won the first case at the Federal High Court, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

He was the Attorney General of the Federation's counsel in the trial of former Delta State Governor, James Ibori, at the Federal High Court, Asaba, a case which the EFCC lost in questionable circumstances.

This was sequel to an earlier ruling on Wednesday by a Federal High Court in Abuja which turned down Metuh's application for the release of his passport to enable him embark on a foreign medical trip having filed a no - case submission before it.

Jones said that a court order which recently mandated Wormuth receive substance - abuse treatment while her federal case is pending, is related to «depression» from her situation.

Within weeks of this year's federal court decisions — which examined and vindicated both the MMR vaccine and thimerosal — environmental lawyer Robert F. Kennedy Jr. wrote a column in The Huffington Post in which he continued to press his case that the government has peddled unsafe vaccines to an unsuspecting public.

The Alliance of Automobile Manufacturers, which supported the EPA in the Supreme Court case, «certainly believes there needs to be a comprehensive federal policy in place to reduce carbon dioxide, and we intend to work constructively with members of Congress on that issue,» says alliance spokesperson Charles Territo.

That case, called Coalition for Responsible Regulation Inc. et al. v. EPA, combines 16 lawsuits which have all been appealed from federal district courts.

In Guitierrez - Brizuela v. Lynch, a 2016 immigration case, Gorsuch waved a red flag against the «Chevron deference» — a doctrine under which courts are supposed to defer to federal agencies on interpretations of rules that developed from a 1984 decision, Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council.

The study, which analyzed 210 lawsuits involving First Amendment claims by professors and college instructors against public colleges and universities from 1964 - 2014, found that educational institutions won more than 73 percent of cases in federal and state courts.

UC announced yesterday that it is the first research institution to seek to «intervene,» or become a party in the case, in which the government is appealing a lower court's ruling that National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding to study human embryonic stem cells (hESCs) violates federal law.

These drug pricing discrepancies could become even more important depending on the outcome of the pending Supreme Court case King vs. Burwell, which challenges the legitimacy of federal health - care subsidies and could leave as many as 8 million Americans without subsidies and uninsured in 2016.

A good precedent was set earlier this week, in a federal court case in Tennessee, in which the attorney defending Lorne Semrau against charges of fraud attempted to submit brain scans as evidence that his client was telling the truth.

The case, which is pending in a New York City federal court, involves Justin Fruth of Indianapolis, a teenager whose accomplishments include studying acting in England and scaling Mount Rainier.

The Constitution limits federal courts to deciding «cases or controversies,» which the courts have construed fairly narrowly, with the result that many genuine disputes are often bounced out of court.

The request in a case involving a Georgia district puts off until the high court's next term any possibility that the court will resolve the question, which has sharply divided lower federal courts.

To discern the larger contours of the legal climate facing schools, we analyzed all appellate - level federal and state court cases in which school efforts to discipline and control students have been challenged.

NSBA is pleased to report that a federal district court judge in New York has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Vidal v. Nielsen (New York v. Trump), a case in which NSBA and other national educational organizations filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging the DACA rescission.

The inclusion in Vermont of religious schools was struck down in 1999, in the Chittenden case, by the Vermont Supreme Court, which had earlier ruled that the inclusion of religious schools would not violate the federal Establishment Clause.

Because Congress passed Title VII out of a profound distrust of events taking place across the bargaining table — a concern which has been buttressed by the record of many unions in the federal courts since 1965 — the presumption in these cases should be that the bargaining agent is not doing its best to eradicate discrimination, and the burden should rest upon such a labor organization to show otherwise.