Sentences with phrase «federal district court ruled»

However, the Federal District Court ruled that it was barred by statute from hearing the case because the issues had already been decided by the California court.

It was in 1969 that Judge James McMillan of the Federal District Court ruled that the district had been intentionally segregated» virtually all black students went to all - black schools» and ordered a district - wide busing system to achieve integration.

Well, at least almonds, according to a recent federal district court ruling against a group of California almond growers.A federal judge has rejected a challenge by fifteen California organic almond growers to halt the mandatory treatment of raw almonds as required by the Almond Board of California.

Of course, that comes on the heels of a federal district court ruling not long ago that struck down a ban in the Alabama Constitution on same sex marriage.

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The class action, filed in United States District Court, Southern District of New York, and docketed under 18 - cv - 02213, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired BRF American Depositary Receipts («ADRs») between April 4, 2013 and March 2, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by Defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the «Exchange Act») and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

The class action, filed in United States District Court, for the District of Illinois, Eastern Division, is on behalf of a class consisting of investors who purchased or otherwise acquired Akorn's securities between March 1, 2017 through February 26, 2018, both dates inclusive (the «Class Period»), seeking to recover damages caused by defendants» violations of the federal securities laws and to pursue remedies under Sections 10 (b) and 20 (a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 and Rule 10b - 5 promulgated thereunder, against the Company and certain of its top officials.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

The five lawsuits to block the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule continued to move forward in July in separate venues, but the Department of Justice strongly defended the rule in a Washington, D.C., federal district court challenging the suit filed by the National Association for Fixed Annuities, or NAFA.

In a ruling on Tuesday, a federal district court in Manhattan approved a motion filed by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to grant a preliminary injunction and a continued freeze on $ 27 million in assets owned by Andy Andy Altahawi, Dorababu Penumarthi, and Suresh Tammineedi, a trio associated with Longfin Corp..

Just 16 states and the District of Columbia have set up their own health insurance marketplaces, which left millions of residents in the 34 states that rely on exchanges run by the federal government vulnerable to the Supreme Court's ruling.

In a ruling on Tuesday, a federal district court in Manhattan approved

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.

However, a Missouri federal district court granted a preliminary injunction to a small metal - recycling business owned by two evangelicals, ruling that they do have a «substantial likelihood» of winning their case.

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.

This was a federal district court that made the ruling.

Meanwhile, a U.S. District Court is expected to rule soon on whether the Republican challengers will be permitted to intervene in the federal lawsuit that argues the challenge / fee system violates the U.S. Read more»

U.S. District Court Judge Nicholas Garaufis in Brooklyn ruled Monday in favor of the Army Corps of Engineers, the Environmental Protection Agency and other federal agencies.

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.

UPDATE: Late Friday, Albany federal district court Judge Gary Sharpe ruled that NY's congressional primary elections be moved to June 26.

U.S. District Court Judge Gary Sharpe has set June 26 to become the new primary date for federal elections in New York in a long - awaited ruling handed down this afternoon.

On February 22, 2014, the U.S. District Court for Arizona, in a two - to - one decision, ruled that the state's independent redistricting commission does not violate the federal constitution.

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.

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.

The 11 - page ruling, by Judge Alvin K. Hellerstein of Federal District Court in Manhattan, found that the city had overstepped its bounds in requiring, as part of a licensing process, that carwash owners buy a special bond within a two - tiered system: $ 30,000 for those whose workers were unionized or employers who agreed to monitoring, and $ 150,000 for all others.

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.

Joiner has likely made this task more difficult by instructing trial judges that neither Daubert nor the Federal Rules of Evidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of the expert.

The Federal District Court granted the defendant summary judgment, ruling that plaintiff's evidence did not meet a standard of «general acceptance» within the scientific community.

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.

But as Retraction Watch reports, a federal district court judge ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction in this case because the plaintiffs haven't yet exhausted the administrative process set up to handle misconduct investigations at federally funded labs.

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).

Lamberth, chief judge of the Federal District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that federal money can not be used to fund hESC reFederal District Court for the District of Columbia, ruled that federal money can not be used to fund hESC refederal money can not be used to fund hESC research.

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.

A recent ruling by a federal appeals court may shield school districts in a growing number of states against some types of lawsuits brought against them in federal courts.

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.

The Bush administration has joined with a California school district and others in calling for a federal appeals court to reverse the June ruling that the inclusion of «under God» in the Pledge of Allegiance runs afoul of the U.S. Constitution.

A coach who alleged school district retaliation for his complaints about unequal treatment of his girls» high school basketball team had no right to sue under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal appeals court has ruled.

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.

In the 1974 Milliken v. Bradley decision, the Supreme Court ruled that courts generally could not require busing across district lines to achieve racial balance; but the coming months may see more calls from liberals for moving kids across district lines to fulfill the promise of the federal law.

The New York State Court of Appeals, in a June 23 ruling overturning three lower state courts, acknowledged that school districts» heavy reliance on local property taxes puts poor districts at a disadvantage, but found that the inequities do not violate the state or federal constitutions.

Washington — Parents who win special - education disputes with school districts can not be awarded attorneys» fees if their cases do not go to court, a federal appellate court has ruled.

Although the federal district court in Charlotte ruled in the parents» favor, the school system appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, according to Gricourt in Charlotte ruled in the parents» favor, the school system appealed to the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, according to GriCourt of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, according to Griffin.

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.

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.

A federal appeals court has ruled in favor of the Chicago school system in a dispute with a minority - owned company that held various contracts with the district between 1987 and 2003.