Sentences with phrase «federal judge dismissed»

A federal judge dismissed the lion's share of the 300 birth injury lawsuits filed by children and their parents against Pfizer that alleged that Zoloft caused birth defects in children whose moms consumed the antidepressant during pregnancy.

Indeed, the status of this topic as free speech that is supposed to be guaranteed under the First Amendment has been upheld by courts more than once: ● in Florida, where a judge affirmed that handing out FIJA brochures regarding jury nullification is legal based on principles of free speech ● in New York, where a federal judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against someone handing out brochures that advocated jury nullification ● in Colorado, where a judge dismissed false jury tampering charges against two people handing out FIJA's educational material on jury nullification

The Sierra Club, Friends of Columbia Gorge and others sued PGE in September of 2009, arguing that the power company had violated clean air regulations and in October a federal judge dismissed PGE's motion to dismiss the lawsuit.

The fallout from this March 21 tutorial hearing was that enviro - activists ignored what the judge concluded about that «GCC / GCSCT» material and instead proclaimed a hugely overgeneralized victory about the position stated by Chevron's attorney * (* author's addition: which is noted my April 19, 2018 blog post), while Michael Bastasch at The Daily Caller reported that a «Federal Judge Dismissed Claim Of A Conspiracy To Suppress Global Warming Science.»

A federal judge dismissed a suit that had been brought by the electronics industry against New York City's new e-waste recycling initiative, according to reports.

This week a federal judge dismissed his request.

January 2005 — A federal judge dismissed a second case by the livestock industry, in which the Center served as an intervenor - defendant.

A federal judge dismissed the case last year without examining the question of who discovered what.

But a federal judge dismissed Ms. Vazquez's complaint against Mr. Astorino and terminated him as a defendant in the lawsuit July 18, after he argued he had legislative immunity over staffing decisions as county executive and that Ms. Vazquez had not proven he was personally involved in the matter.

A federal judge dismissed a claim by three county corrections officers that their constitutional rights to privacy was violated when others may have seen their medical records without permission.

A federal judge dismissed the lawsuit against Gawker Media in March 2016 after concluding that its editors provided the sole eligible plaintiff, Aulistar Mark, with «training and mentorship that [was of] the same sort of hands - on instruction he received from his educational institution.»

A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency over its proposal to offer charters that would let so - called fintech companies do business nationwide.

The brash billionaire and Dallas Mavericks owner was vindicated in July when a federal judge dismissed the SEC's insider - trading case against him.

WASHINGTON, May 1 - A District of Columbia federal judge dismissed a lawsuit brought by state bank regulators against the U.S. District Judge Dabney Friedrich wrote in her decision tossing out the case, issued late on Monday.

ALBANY — After a full election cycle and more than two years of legal maneuvering, a panel of three federal judges dismissed challenges to the Republican - drawn map of State Senate districts, saying population deviation that tilted numbers upstate were permissible and any allegation of race - based gerrymandering was «purely speculative.»

Federal Judge Dismisses Claim Of «Big - Oil» Conspiracy To Suppress Global Warming Science In a rare event, sanity prevails in California — Climate skeptics rule, alarmists drool.

It's a gamble that Taveras lost yesterday, with a federal judge dismissing her allegations that the casinos had a duty to stop her from gambling.

«Federal judge dismisses pay raise lawsuit; Ruling says issue became moot with Legislature's repeal»: This article appears today in The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

Not exact matches

A California federal judge in August refused to dismiss another such lawsuit against Pacific Investment Management and other units of German insurer Allianz.

For its part, Qualcomm has asked a Northern California federal judge to dismiss the FTC's lawsuit, saying it fails to show how Qualcomm's licensing practices illegally harmed competitors.

A federal judge in Florida dealt a blow on Thursday to legal claims by American technology workers who were laid off by the Walt Disney Company and forced to train foreign replacements, dismissing lawsuits by two workers who said Disney had conspired with outsourcing companies to violate visa laws.

A Northern California federal judge has denied Qualcomm's motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go ffederal judge has denied Qualcomm's motion to dismiss the U.S. Federal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go fFederal Trade Commission's antitrust lawsuit against the San Diego wireless technology company, which means the case will go forward.

It was elevated to the Connecticut Supreme Court after a lower court judge dismissed the lawsuit last year after she found that the claims it raised fell «squarely within the broad immunity» provided by federal law.

Trump asks judge to dismiss emoluments lawsuit against him: «President Donald Trump has asked a federal court to dismiss a lawsuit accusing him of violating the Constitution's Emoluments Clause related to private payments from other governments.

The last - minute rewrite prompted a federal judge in September to dismiss challenges by Wheaton College and Belmont Abbey, but the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to consider the cases.

A federal judge in Colorado granted one business a temporary injunction against the mandate, but a federal court in Missouri dismissed a similar challenge.

Federal Judge Combines «Stag Versus Stag» Lawsuits, Dismisses Ste. Michelle Versus Treasury Wine Complaint, Controversy Heads for Mediation Treasury Wine Estates and Ste. Michelle Wine Estates have agreed to take their «dueling stags» disputes to private mediation.

The decision is counter that of Federal Judge Frank McGarr in Illinois, who said that the commissioner's powers seem to be unlimited in dismissing Finley's suit against Kuhn after the commissioner voided the sale of three A's last year.

(Stanley also filed an $ 8 million sex - discrimination lawsuit against USC and its athletic director, which was dismissed by a federal judge in March 1995 and which Stanley is appealing.)

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.

The office of Preet Bharara, the United States attorney for the Southern District of New York, asked a federal judge to deny a motion by Assemblyman Sheldon Silver to dismiss his indictment on grounds that Bharara orchestrated a «media firestorm» around the arrest of the former speaker.

Manhattan federal Judge Valerie Caproni dismissed a charge of «extortion under color of official right» based on allegations that the former Cuomo confidante used his government post to shake down $ 35,000 in bribes from two execs at the Syracuse - based development company.

The order will unseal just the narrative statements written by cops on the more than 850,000 dismissed summonses — and not identifying information about the person it was issued to or the cop involved, which will be redacted, according to the ruling by Manhattan federal court Judge Robert Sweet.

As federal courts move to decide whether to intervene on the Congressional redistricting process, the last ditch legal efforts on behalf of Albany's legislative leaders to dismiss the lawsuit was rejected by a three judge panel this evening.

Although Percoco is still facing federal bribery charges, Judge Valerie Caproni agreed to dismiss a charge against Percoco of using his power to extort the Syracuse developers for the bribes, because he wasn't technically a state official at the time.

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A federal judge today dismissed a lawsuit challenging New York's groundbreaking subsidies for nuclear plants, clearing the way for three Upstate nukes to continue collecting roughly $ 483 million a year from utility ratepayers.

The New York State Attorney General's Office said a judge should dismiss a federal lawsuit against the state and Gov. Andrew Cuomo, D - NY, connected to accusations of sexual harassment against a former high - ranking economic development official.

A federal judge in Washington dismissed a State Department foreign services officer's age discrimination suit against Secretary of State Hillary Clinton.

A federal judge has dismissed a Cleveland developer's civil lawsuit claiming the City of Buffalo and Mayor Byron W. Brown engaged in a «pay to play» for a city housing project.

ALBANY — U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara today asked a federal judge to temporarily hold in abeyance a new defense motion to dismiss corruption charges against three former LPCiminelli executives.

On the first day of presenting their defense cases Thursday, their lawyers urged a federal judge to dismiss the charges on a number of grounds, not the least of which, they said, is that the government has failed to prove corruption occurred after nearly five weeks of prosecution witnesses and evidence.

A federal judge on Monday said he won't dismiss the bribery indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith and two co-defendants, and will decide Tuesday if the case will be delayed or will end in a mistrial.

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors...

A federal judge handed indicted Albany politician Dean Skelos a pile of legal defeats Tuesday, tossing out his motion to dismiss two of his corruption charges and ruling that prosecutors can use all the evidence they scored by wiretapping his cellphone, new court papers state.

The Manhattan federal court claims will be dismissed if the Delaware bankruptcy judge approves the settlement agreement at a hearing scheduled for May 16.

Tonight, State of Politics Nick Reisman reports A three - judge panel on Wednesday will decide whether to dismiss a lawsuit challenging the redistricting process, with a hearing taking place in Brooklyn federal court at 2 p.m..

A federal judge has dismissed cases brought by two counties in Utah and Florida alleging Volkswagen's emissions fraud violated their state environmental laws.

A federal judge said he won't dismiss the bribery indictments against state Sen. Malcolm Smith and two co-defendants, and will decide today if the case will be delayed or will end in a mistrial.

A federal judge in Western New York dismissed former Speaker SHeldon Silver as well as the Assembly and the state as defendants in a lawsuit brought by Caitrin Kennedy, a former staffer for ex-Assemblyman Dennis Gabryszak.

U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara has asked a federal judge to temporarily hold in abeyance a new defense motion to dismiss corruption charges against three former LPCiminelli executives.