Sentences with phrase «federal court system says»

A Supreme Court ruling can't change the definition of a term used in state law; it's entirely possible for a state to define the term «arrest» to denote something that federal court system says isn't an arrest.

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In a federal court filing, Waymo, Google's autonomous vehicle unit, said it was scaling back some of its claims over Uber violating its patents on LiDAR, a remote - sensing system powering Waymo's driverless car technology.

The Federal District Court's decision favoring doctor - assisted suicide, we said, could be fatal not only to many people who are old, sick, or disabled, but also to popular support for our present system of government.

«The settlement provides an important example for other correctional systems around the country,» Manhattan federal court judge Laura Taylor Swain said, calling the settlement between the city, the U.S. Justice Department and a group of inmates «groundbreaking.»

CITY HALL — The court system's administrative office and its chief judge need to act swiftly — and be more bold — in establishing a plan to protect New Yorkers from courthouse interference from federal immigration agents, elected officials and activists said Thursday.

Saying the product could cause eye, respiratory tract and nervous system disorders, FDA officials told GIB to ensure the product was safe or they would pursue an injunction in federal court and seize the product.

State officials and courts have already grappled with many of these issues, and creating a federal right to education would destabilize policies and decisions that have shaped local school systems for generations,» they say, noting that unlike the federal Constitution, all 50 state constitutions contain provisions that explicitly address education.

Lawyers for the American Civil Liberties Union went before a federal appeals court last week in an effort to stop what they say is an unconstitutional system of sex - segregated classes at a southern Louisiana school.

«But even when successful, such suits still may not bring relief for the district, such as in Sumter County where a federal judge found fault with Alabama's funding system in an 800 - page opinion but also found the county was not entitled to relief from the court,» says Tuck.

«There is a real hunger for this data,» says Lissner, adding that he expects the Supreme Court's system to be a better service than PACER, which provides public access to the lower federal courts.

«The district court's frustration with what it perceived as an abuse of the federal court system and lack of candor with the court is understandable,» the appeals panel said on review.

Almost anyone who regularly toils in courthouses across Ontario — judges, prosecutors and defence lawyers — would say that despite previous rulings on delays from the Supreme Court and judicial warnings from lower courts, successive federal and provincial governments have failed to properly resource the justice system in a way that would ensure its fairness and efficiency.

Some Quebecers say the issue was one of respect for an entirely different system of justice — civil law — in which all members of the Quebec bar and Quebec courts have expertise and few members of the Federal Court do.

The proposed amendment is intended to overturn a 1997 Supreme Court decision, Printz v. United States, which said states can't be forced to participate in the federal system of gun background checks, according to coverage of the book by the Associated Press and Business Insider.