Sentences with phrase «federal district court last»

Denver — The Denver school board's proposal to end eight years of mandatory busing, formulated in response to a judge's request for a «unitary, non-racial» enrollment policy, is not a desegregation plan, school officials admitted in federal district court last week.

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That's according to a federal lawsuit filed last week in U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

The case being led by Texas and filed at the Federal Court in the Southern District of Texas said the executive order announced by Obama last month violated constitutional limits on presidential powers.

(Out of the more than 6,000 patent suits filed in United States federal courts last year nearly 25 percent were filed in the Eastern District of Texas, according to the Electronic Frontier Foundation).

Last month, it filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Manhattan, accusing him of using Retrophin as a personal piggy bank to pay back angry investors in his hedge fund.

Judge Ruben Castillo determined last week in U.S. District Court in Chicago that allowing lead shot to fall into ponds at the site violates the federal Clean Water Act.

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.

The trial of the man charged with detonating a bomb in Chelsea last year began in Federal District Court in Manhattan with video replays of the blast, emotional testimony from people wounded by shrapnel and an outburst by the defendant that led to his ejection from the courtroom.

Sheldon Silver was convicted last week on all seven counts of honest services fraud, extortion and money laundering that he faced over five weeks of trail in Federal District Court in Lower Mnahattan — becoming the latest New York politician convicted in a corruption scandal tied to real estate interests.

Joseph Percoco, a former aide to New York Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo, arriving at Federal District Court in Manhattan last week.

A fifth district was added last year following a federal court ruling that determined Albany had diluted minority voting power in its 2011 redistricting map.

Inder Parmar, speaking to fellow Uber drivers and their supporters last June about a class - action lawsuit filed in Federal District Court in Manhattan.

BUFFALO - The two men accused of killing Mary Whitaker last month in her Westfield summer home have pleaded not guilty to all federal charges during a hearing Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Buffalo.

From the tidbits of information gleaned at a hearing on Thursday in Federal District Court in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at tCourt in Manhattan, it appeared that prosecutors had argued last fall — in a closed hearing and in sealed court papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at tcourt papers — to be able to use certain evidence against Mr. Silver at trial.

In court papers filed last week, federal prosecutors say Suffolk District Attorney Tom Spota repeatedly protected Walsh from several investigations by County Sheriff Vincent DeMarco, a former protégé of Walsh's.

Testifying last week in the federal corruption trial of state Sen. Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre), Walker confirmed that the U.S. attorney office for New York's Eastern District is probing his role in «county contracts given to some of your political campaign contributors,» as prosecutors phrased it in court.

Mr. Rechnitz began testifying last week in Federal District Court in Manhattan in a government case against Norman Seabrook, the former head of the correction officers» union, who is charged with investing millions of dollars of retirement funds through a hedge fund in exchange for promised kickbacks.

The trial judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court in Manhattan, has already denied one defense motion, filed last month, asking her to acquit Mr. Silver even before the jury received the case.

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.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit ruled late last month that due to extensive state control over school finances, California school districts are state agencies and deserve the same 11th Amendment immunity against federal lawsuits enjoyed by other branches of state government.

A group representing Hispanic parents filed suit in federal district court in Boston last week, charging Massachusetts officials with failure to comply with federal laws protecting the rights of the state's 14,000 Hispanic students of limited English proficiency.

Lawyers for the state of Ohio last month asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to overturn a federal district court's ruling that expanded the state's responsibility to fund school desegregation in Lorain County under the terms of a consent deCourt of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit to overturn a federal district court's ruling that expanded the state's responsibility to fund school desegregation in Lorain County under the terms of a consent decourt's ruling that expanded the state's responsibility to fund school desegregation in Lorain County under the terms of a consent decree.

The U.S. Supreme Court last week let stand a lower - court decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to studCourt last week let stand a lower - court decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to studcourt decision finding that Arizona school districts could be sued for damages in federal court, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to studcourt, in a case brought by an employee who claimed she was fired for objecting to district requests that she affix a flagpole to her wheelchair to make her more visible to students.

Congress exceeded its constitutional authority when it amended the federal Age Discrimination in Employment Act of 1967 to cover states and their political subdivisions, such as cities and school districts, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last week.

A 43 - year - old desegregation case involving the Hillsborough County, Fla., school system came to an end last week, as the U.S. Supreme Court declined to disturb a federal appeals court ruling that the district was no longer segregCourt declined to disturb a federal appeals court ruling that the district was no longer segregcourt ruling that the district was no longer segregated.

Denver school officials said they planned to file a motion late last week seeking to end federal court supervision of the district's 22 - year old desegregation effort.

The federal appellate ruling last month lets stand a massive court - ordered property - tax hike imposed last fall on the city's residents to help fund the school district's desegregation efforts, which are among the most comprehensive and expensive ever undertaken.

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.

W. Brevard Hand, a federal district judge in Alabama, in upholding that state's school - prayer laws last month, said that the Supreme Court «erred in its reading...

The denial of a review is especially concerning given the existing split among federal circuit courts of appeal, one reason NSBA and school district lawyers met late last year with the U.S. Solicitor General, urging the administration to encourage the Supreme Court to hear the case even if it disagreed on the merits.

Hasbro sued Asus in a US federal district court late last year over the name, months after the release of the Eee Pad Transformer and the announcement of the Transformer Prime.

Don't say we didn't tell you so: Hasbro sued Asus over the name of its Transformer Prime tablet last week, in a federal district court.

In the wake of a hearing last month on this and several related lawsuits, a Federal District Court judge in Washington, D.C., this week ordered the Interior Department to explain its decision not to seek the greatest protection.

Last week, federal district court judge Ann Aiken in Oregon ruled against the federal government's motion to dismiss, an important hurdle to clear for the lawsuit to move forward.

As I discussed here last year, in July 2010 a federal district court in Denver ruled that the act violates free speech, and rejected the argument that lying about having military medals dilutes their meaning and significance.

Last week, a federal district court in Missouri joined a chorus of state courts in striking down the state's ban on gay marriage.

It includes Christine Arguello, a Mexican - American appointed a U.S. district judge by President Bush last year; Ruben Castillo, a Mexican - American who has been a federal district judge for 15 years; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra Law dean; JoAnne Epps, Temple Law dean; Caitlin Halligan, former solicitor general of New York, now in private practice; Johnnie Rawlinson, 9th Circuit judge; and Patricia Timmons - Goodson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice.

Last month, we brought you the story about the expert witness who «appealed» a federal district court decision in which the judge found that his opinion on the plaintiff's «popcorn lung» medical condition was, essentially, hogwash.

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Prominently featured in the LTN piece was Senior U.S. District Judge Richard Kopf, who last February launched the blog Hercules and the Umpire and quickly found notoriety when he published a post in which he declared, «A lot of what the Supreme Court does is simply irrelevant to what federal trial judges do on a daily basis.»

Last February, the arbitrators preliminarily ordered the Republic of Ecuador to take all possible steps to halt enforcement of the $ 18 billion judgment — the morning after Manhattan federal district court judge Lewis Kaplan preliminarily enjoined the Ecuadorian plaintiffs from pursuing enforcement.

«Given that approximately fifty percent of the filings in this district last year were made by pro se litigants, the court has found it necessary to join the other district courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal distrdistrict last year were made by pro se litigants, the court has found it necessary to join the other district courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal distrdistrict courts around the country that have instituted mandatory pro bono appointment programs,» Southern District Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal distrDistrict Chief Judge Richard Young wrote in a letter to the federal districtdistrict bar.

After the court decision in Mr. Merrill's case, a federal judge in the Eastern District of New York denied gag orders in more than a dozen cases related to Facebook subpoenas last May.

After the Federal Circuit reversed the trial judge, Oracle v. Google returned to the district court last year for a trial on Google's fair use defense.

As The Seattle Times reports, three men filed a lawsuit against Microsoft in the US District Court in Florida last week, claiming that the frequent «Get Windows 10» upgrade prompts were in violation of laws regarding unsolicited electronic advertising, and potentially in breach of Federal Trade Commission regulations on «deceptive and unfair practices».