Sentences with phrase «federal court heard arguments»

For the first time in our nation's history, a federal court heard arguments as to whether living, breathing, feeling beings have rights and can be enslaved simply because they happen to not have been born human.

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A three - judge panel of the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals is scheduled to hear arguments Monday from lawyers for Bayou Bridge Pipeline LLC, federal regulators and...

Next week, the Supreme Court will hear arguments for two cases that will decide whether your business is equivalent to a person, and whether companies can also seek exemptions from federal law based on religious beliefs.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the U.S. from six Muslim - majority countries.

Federal appeals courts in the states of Washington and Virginia are set to hear arguments this week on the legality of President Donald Trump's most recent travel ban, which sharply limits visitors and immigrants from eight countries, six of them Muslim - majority.

But as law professor Eugene Volokh notes, the First Amendment argument is a strong one, and the Supreme Court would likely hear the case since it involves striking down a federal statute.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Monday over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim - majority countries, the second such court to review Trump's directive over the past week.

A federal appeals court is set to hear arguments on Monday over President Donald Trump's temporary travel ban on people entering the United States from six Muslim - majority countries.

Q. On the reference case the Supreme Court of Canada is slated to hear sometime in the spring, do you plan to file arguments with the court supporting the federal government's posiCourt of Canada is slated to hear sometime in the spring, do you plan to file arguments with the court supporting the federal government's posicourt supporting the federal government's position?

A federal district court in Washington, D.C. heard arguments Aug. 25 in one case filed by the National Association of Fixed Annuities.

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.

A federal judge will hear arguments Monday on a temporary restraining order against an Oklahoma referendum that would ban the use of Islamic religious law in state courts.

On January 20, a federal appeals court heard arguments in the highly publicized case of Kimberly Jean «Kim» Davis, county clerk of Rowan County (population 23,000) in mountainous northeastern Kentucky.

«You've heard witness after witness say there was no quid pro quo,» Steven Molo, a lawyer for the Democratic assemblyman from the Lower East side, said during his closing argument Monday in federal court in Lower Manhattan.

Trump's sister will not be a part of a federal appeals court panel hearing arguments regarding the release of a list of unindicted co-conspirators in the 2013 George Washington Bridge lane - closing scandal.

A federal court in Tennessee heard arguments yesterday and today on whether lie detection technology based on fMRI scans of brain activity should be admitted in a criminal case involving a psychologist accused of defrauding Medicare.

One big challenge to U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions comes this week, as a federal circuit court hears arguments over a challenge to the White House's major climate change initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations targeting emissions from power plants.

Racial desegregation: The U.S. Supreme Court hears oral arguments on whether the DeKalb County, Ga., schools should be freed from federal - court oversCourt hears oral arguments on whether the DeKalb County, Ga., schools should be freed from federal - court overscourt oversight.

Several Justices of the U.S. Supreme Court asked last week whether federal - court supervision of the Kansas City, Mo., school district has gone too far as the Court heard oral arguments in a major school - desegregation Court asked last week whether federal - court supervision of the Kansas City, Mo., school district has gone too far as the Court heard oral arguments in a major school - desegregation court supervision of the Kansas City, Mo., school district has gone too far as the Court heard oral arguments in a major school - desegregation Court heard oral arguments in a major school - desegregation case.

The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit is scheduled to hear oral arguments Wednesday on a lawsuit challenging Wake County's school board election maps.

A federal court in Austin Texas heard arguments and then rejected a motion by certain disgruntled commercial dog breeders to block the state's new puppy mill law from going into effect.

On Tuesday a federal court in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments on a legal challenge to the EPA finding that greenhouse gas pollution is a threat to our health and well - being.

On Tuesday a federal court in Washington D.C. heard oral arguments on a historic case — a legal challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency's science - based determination that heat - trapping greenhouse gas pollution is a threat to our health and well - being.

Earlier this month a federal appeals court heard arguments in a suit that would require the Environmental Protection Agency to regulate CO2 emitted by motor vehicles.

Two North Dakota farmers are taking that argument to federal court, where a November 14 hearing is scheduled in a lawsuit to determine if the Drug Enforcement Administration is stifling the farmers» efforts to grow industrial hemp.

A California federal court will soon hear oral arguments from San Francisco and Oakland that assert five major oil companies should pay huge sums of money for contributing to man - made global warming.

137,000 people tuned into the Ninth Circuit to hear oral arguments on Trump's travel ban, but most federal courts languish far behind the Ninth in providing real - time access to their arguments.

This afternoon the Federal Court of Appeal dismissed the Government's appeal right after hearing the parties» arguments, so that Ishaq would be able to take the final step to citizenship in time to vote in the October general election.

In Canada, the Federal Court recently heard oral arguments in Amazon.com, Inc. v.

Earlier this week, the Supreme Court of Canada heard argument in an Alberta case involving the interplay between federal and provincial legislation providing for the compensation of workers injured in workplace activities.

On Tuesday of this week, while the rest of the United States is going to the polls, the U.S. Supreme Court will hear argument in Federal Communications Commission v. Fox Television Stations, et al..

When more than two dozen banks represented by over a dozen top law firms from throughout the country faced a critical hearing involving billions of dollars in the Court of Federal Claims, they chose three lawyers for oral argument: a partner from a large national law firm, Harvard Professor Lawrence Tribe, and Dan Goldstein of Brown, Goldstein & Levy.

On March 20, 2018, more than a year after hearing arguments in the matter of Schmidt v. Attorney General of Canada, the Federal Court of Appeal released its decision.

Two weeks from today, the Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in Claiborne and Rita, two cases that will explore what Booker really means for federal sentencing.

RICHMOND, Va. (AP)-- A federal appeals court heard arguments Wednesday on whether jailers should be allowed to strip search people who are arrested but still awaiting arraignment.

«But ATRA is hopeful that reasonableness will ultimately win the day, and that senators will confirm Judge Gorsuch fairly soon so he can hear arguments and weigh in on critical high court cases revolving around the due - process violations that result from personal injury lawyers» forum - shopping, as well as National Labor Relations Board actions that seem to fly in the face of the frequently upheld Federal Arbitration Act.»

The Federal Court of Appeal's decision Friday not to hear an appeal by the government of British Columbia and several B.C. municipalities opposed to a ruling of the National Energy Board that allows Kinder Morgan Canada to ignore local permits and bylaws undoubtedly illustrates the strength of Alberta's legal arguments.

In the May 26, 2008 of Texas Lawyer, John Council had an article that begins, «In a mandamus case that could significantly alter one of the hottest federal civil dockets in Texas, the full 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals heard arguments on May 22 over whether a trial judge's discretion should be limited when a party moves to transfer venue.

That's one of the more important findings in last week's ruling in Apotex v. Allergan, wherein the Federal Court of Appeal heard arguments from Apotex regarding a settlement that the company says it never actually agreed to.

Legal radar: CRISPR patent «case of the year» oral arguments heard The final days of April saw the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit hear oral

On the day that the Supreme Court begins to hear argument in the federal government's reference concerning reform of the Senate (In the Matter of a Reference by the Governor in Council concerning reform of the Senate, as set out in Order P.C. 2013 - 70, dated February 1, 2013), it is appropriate, perhaps, to point out that the judgment by Québec's Court of Appeal in a reference begun by the provincial government is in fact available in English.

Yesterday the Federal Circuit heard oral argument on the mandamus petition filed by TC Heartland in an underlying case lodged in the District Court of Delaware (The underlying case is Kraft Foods Group Brands LLC v. TC Heartland LLC, case number 1:14 - cv - 00028, in the U.S. District Court for the District of Delaware).

While today you don't have to travel hundreds of miles by dogsled to hear cases as your predecessor judges based in Alaska once did, you probably now have the most grueling commute of any federal appellate judge to arrive at the locations where your court regularly hears oral arguments.

The U.S. Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in a landmark case over whether federal law enforcement can force...