Sentences with phrase «federal district court judge on»

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The settlement was filed on Monday in the federal court in Manhattan and won preliminary approval from U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet.

The Obama administration decided to block construction on federal land shortly after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the proCourt judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the procourt order to block the project.

On Thursday in Federal district court in San Francisco, Uber and the drivers presented their arguments before Judge Edward Chen.

On 6 August 2013, Federal Judge Amos Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas of the Fifth Circuit ruled that bitcoins are «a currency or a form of money» (specifically securities as defined by Federal Securities Laws), and as such were subject to the court's jurisdiction, [274][274] and Germany's Finance Ministry subsumed bitcoins under the term «unit of account» — a financial instrument — though not as e-money or a functional currency, a classification nonetheless having legal and tax implications.

On March 6, 2018, Judge Jack B. Weinstein of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York ruled that virtual currencies are commodities under the Commodity Exchange Act (CEA) and therefore subject to the Commodity Futures Trading Commission's (CFTC) anti-fraud and anti-manipulation enforcement authority.1 Granting the CFTC's request for a preliminary injunction against the defendants who allegedly engaged in deception and fraud involving virtual currency spot markets, Judge Weinstein noted that «[u] ntil Congress clarifies the matter,» the CFTC has «concurrent authority» along with other state and federal administrative agencies and civil and criminal courts over transactions in virtual currency.2

That wasn't even Olson's case, but with assists from a federal district court judge who came out as being in a same - sex relationship only after ruling and retiring, and elected officials who chose to forgo their traditional duty to vigorously defend state law, Olson and Boies did succeed in disenfranchising millions of Californians on a procedural technicality.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other groups today filed a brief with a federal appellate court explaining that a district court judge erred in refusing to block implementation of Vermont's law mandating warning labels on products with ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

After graduating, Nicole clerked for two years for federal District Court Judge John F. Keenan in the Southern District of New York, before moving on to the law firm Sullivan & Cromwell, LLP.

Prior to becoming an attorney, Mr. Artusa worked on Wall Street and then worked under Federal District Court Judge Dickinson Debevoise handling complex multi-state civil litigation.

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

Meanwhile, on Tuesday, in a federal district court in Washington, D.C., the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and the Center for Constitutional Rights filed a brief requesting that a federal judge not dismiss a case of litigation against senior CIA and military officials for the 2011 targeted killing of Anwar al - Awlaki (a suspected al - Qaeda leader) and his 16 - year - old son, both U.S. citizens.

Citing disagreements on the law that have emerged in different federal appeals courts, Silver claims that at trial, U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni applied the wrong standards to money laundering, bribery and extortion charges.

Judge Joan M. Azrack, in addressing a room full of prospective jurors on Monday, let it be known that they'd been selected as representatives of one of the largest federal district court jurisdictions in the nation, covering Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk counties.

On Tuesday, Federal District Court Judge Kenneth M. Karas declared a mistrial in the corruption case involving New York State Senator Malcolm Smith and former Vice Chairman of the Queens County Republican Committee Vincent Tabone.

WHITE PLAINS, NY — John Gallagher, the former Facilities Director for the City School District of New Rochelle, was back in White Plains Federal Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May Court Thursday for a status conference to update Judge Kenneth M. Karas on what has taken place since Gallagher was last in court of May court of May 24th.

Here's the trouble: If legislators don't agree on a bill to move their own primary date to correspond with the one that US District Court Judge Gary Sharpe ordered for the federal races, then Assembly members and senators could theoretically challenge sitting House members and then, if that doesn't work out, fall back to run for their own seats.

After the government rested, one of Mr. Boyland's lawyers asked the judge, Jed S. Rakoff of Federal District Court, to acquit their client on grounds that the government had... Continue reading →

She's not acting on behalf of the Supreme Court; she is acting under her own (pretty vast) authority as a federal judge under Article III of the Constitution, and issuing the order from a district cCourt; she is acting under her own (pretty vast) authority as a federal judge under Article III of the Constitution, and issuing the order from a district courtcourt.

Judge Shira A. Scheindlin, 69, whose more - than -21-year tenure on the Federal District Court in Manhattan included a critical role in a controversial stop - and - frisk ruling affecting the Police Department, said she would resign from the bench in late April.

A court clerk has filed a federal suit that charges former top Staten Island Administrative Judge Judith McMahon «conspired» with her husband, the borough's district attorney, to judge shop on narcotics cases to make sure prosecutors got a sympathetic juJudge Judith McMahon «conspired» with her husband, the borough's district attorney, to judge shop on narcotics cases to make sure prosecutors got a sympathetic jujudge shop on narcotics cases to make sure prosecutors got a sympathetic jurist.

On Monday, Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court issued an order rescheduling Mr. Skelos's sentencing for 10 a.m. on April 1On Monday, Judge Kimba M. Wood of Federal District Court issued an order rescheduling Mr. Skelos's sentencing for 10 a.m. on April 1on April 13.

Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan noted that even before Mr. Silver's arrest, when some of his fellow legislators had been arrested on corruption charges, he remained undeterred.

Attorneys for Ahmad Khan Rahimi on Wednesday asked a Manhattan federal judge to move the suspect's trial either to Vermont or another district deemed «appropriate» by the court, a filing shows.

The reason the issue is on the table is because of a 2012 decision by U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe requiring the state to set federal primaries for the fourth Tuesday in June.

A decision made by a judge in a trial in a federal district court isn't binding on anyone, not even that judge.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe indicated today that he would decide on the state's federal primary by Dec. 27.

She was set Tuesday to file a legal declaration with the U.S. District Court, hoping to block Bloomberg's effort to put on hold a judge's recommended reforms to stop - and - frisk, including a federal monitor.

Valerie E. Caproni, the presiding judge in Federal District Court, kept lawyers and prospective jurors at the courthouse late on Monday in order to ensure that jury selection did not take too long.

In a letter sent on Saturday to Judge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rJudge Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rCourt in Manhattan, the government asked the judge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rjudge to explain in court that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.&rcourt that Mr. Howe's bail had been revoked, «in an effort to avoid speculation by the jury.»

That challenge lingered in the court system well after the freeze was lifted in 2007 and was not resolved until 2013 when a federal judge ruled not only was the freeze justified, but that the district did not need to give teachers credit on the pay scale for the years the freeze was enacted.

Although the memorandum opinion and order released Friday denied Silver's motions to dismiss the indictment based on Bharara's «prejudicial extrajudical statements,» United States District Court Judge Valerie Caproni warned the Manhattan federal prosecutor «that this case is to be tried in the courtroom and not in the press.»

On Wednesday, outside the presence of the jury, the judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, made a similar observation.

U.S. District Judge Kenneth Karas imposed the sentence in White Plains Federal Court on the once - powerful Queens pol, who was stone - faced throughout the proceeding.

If there wasn't enough going on regarding redistricting this week the whole sordid affair got a kick in the pants thanks to U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe who has ruled that unless that state takes legislative action all of New York's future federal non-presidential primaries will be held on the fourth Tuesday of June.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe has been on the federal bench since 1997.

Then, on 22 November, federal judge Amos L. Mazzant of the Eastern District of Texas issued an injunction that put implementation of the new rule on hold until the court could decide lawsuits brought against it by a number of states and employers.

A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule this week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order by a federal district judge should be kept in place.

Senator Tom Harkin (D — IA) called the hearing of the Senate Appropriations subcommittee on labor, health and human services, and education in the wake of the 23 August ruling by Chief Judge Royce Lamberth of the U.S. District Court in Washington, D.C., that hESC research violates a law barring federal funds for research that harms human embryos.

On July 2, 2003, a federal district court judge in Idaho issued his decision in Natural Resources Defense Council, et.

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O'Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS)(Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene).

On August 23, 2010, Judge Royce Lamberth of the United States District Court for the District of Columbia issued a preliminary injunction against the National Institutes of Health (NIH) guidelines allowing federal dollars to fund projects in which embryos were destroyed to derive new stem cell lines.

U.S. District Judge George W. White ruled last month that a federal court order that placed the district under state control will be lifted on District Judge George W. White ruled last month that a federal court order that placed the district under state control will be lifted on district under state control will be lifted on Sept. 9.

Newark — A federal district judge has declared New Jersey's «moment - of - silence» law an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on state - sanctioned prayer in public schools.

A New Jersey judge has ruled that the Woodbury school district may continue its 22 - year - old policy of starting each school day with a moment of silence «for contemplation» pending a trial on that case and decisions in two related federal - court cases.

U.S. District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been District Judge Adrian Duplantier of New Orleans has postponed the American Civil Liberties Union's suit against Louisiana's «scientific - creationism» law until a separate suit on the issue before another federal district court has been district court has been decided.

On the day before school was to open that year, federal district court judge Solomon Oliver struck down the program, ruling that the use of tax dollars to pay for children to attend religious schools offends the First Amendment's Establishment Clause.

In 2000, a federal district judge ruled that Arizona was violating this relatively obscure law, both by not spending enough on its Lau programs — a reference to a Supreme Court decision of 1974 and regulations of the federal Office for Civil Rights — and by failing to provide enough teachers, aides, classrooms, materials, and tutoring.

A federal judge has postponed the dates for court hearings on whether the North Little Rock and Pulaski County Special school districts in Arkansas have met their desegregation obligations.

On August 7, 2009, Judge David G. Campbell of the Arizona federal district court dismissed the plaintiffs» complaint against Petland and Hunte Corporation.

Update Aug. 9: On August 7, 2009 U.S. District Judge David G. Campbell, sitting in the Arizona federal district court, dismissed without prejudice the plaintiffs» Complaint against Petland and Hunte Corporation. The judge did not allow oral argument. (A copy of the judge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this aDistrict Judge David G. Campbell, sitting in the Arizona federal district court, dismissed without prejudice the plaintiffs» Complaint against Petland and Hunte Corporation. The judge did not allow oral argument. (A copy of the judge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this artiJudge David G. Campbell, sitting in the Arizona federal district court, dismissed without prejudice the plaintiffs» Complaint against Petland and Hunte Corporation. The judge did not allow oral argument. (A copy of the judge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this adistrict court, dismissed without prejudice the plaintiffs» Complaint against Petland and Hunte Corporation. The judge did not allow oral argument. (A copy of the judge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this artijudge did not allow oral argument. (A copy of the judge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this artijudge's dismissal is attached and can be downloaded at the end of this article.)