Sentences with phrase «filed a supporting brief»

A state judge blocked five City Council members from filing a supporting brief challenging New York's property tax system.

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Downes and the GCBPP filed an amicus brief this spring in support of USTelecom, saying the FCC had not done a sufficient analysis of the cost burden the rules would place on broadband carriers.

Several groups including the National Congress of American Indians and the Great Plains Tribal Chairman's Association along with 34 other tribes on Thursday filed a court brief supporting Standing Rock's request.

«This case is of particular importance because so many working women are now working well into their pregnancy,» says Katherine Kimpel, a lawyer at Sanford Heisler who specializes in gender and race discrimination and who filed an amicus brief in the case supporting Young.

Despite that reversal, UPS maintains that its denial of Young's light duty request was lawful at the time and that its policy change is voluntary and not required by the Pregnancy Discrimination Act.The Chamber of Commerce filed an amicus brief supporting UPS, calling attention to companies that offer pregnant employees «more than what federal law compels them to provide.»

The letter follows news reports in late February that several victims of the attacks were planning to file a legal brief in support of the federal government.

Some victims of the San Bernardino attack will file a legal brief in support of the U.S. government's attempt to force Apple (aapl) to unlock the encrypted iPhone belonging to one of the shooters, a lawyer representing the victims said on Sunday.

In February 2011, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, in conjunction with several other activist groups filed a brief with the U.S. District Court in New York City in support of ivi.

Last year, for example, the Justice Department filed an amicus brief for the Masterpiece Cakeshop Supreme Court case in support of the Christian baker who refused to bake a wedding cake for a gay couple.

The Financial Planning Coalition — comprising the Certified Financial Planner Board of Standards, the Financial Planning Association and the National Association of Personal Financial Advisors — filed an amicus brief Thursday in the U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Texas, in support of DOL's fiduciary rule and opposing efforts to stop the rule from taking effect.

September 2013: The PMA submitted an amicus curiae (friend of the court) brief in support of petitions recently filed by Amazon and Overstock with the US Supreme Court.

The Consumer Federation of America, along with Better Markets and Americans for Financial Reform, is preparing to file an amicus brief later this week in support of the Labor Department rule.

Christian legal group ADF International has filed an expert brief with the European Court of Human Rights in support of the man known as A.A. (anonymised for security reasons).

The amicus brief is one of dozens submitted to the appeals court this week in support of same - sex marriage in Utah and the latest to be filed by a coalition of groups led by the Family Equality Council.

New York state will file an amicus brief in support of overturning a North Carolina law that critics say violates the civil rights of LGBT people by prohibiting municipalities from issuing ordinances that allow transgender people to use the bathroom of the gender they identify with.

Sixteen state attorneys general — including New York's Eric Schneiderman — along with Washington D.C. filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the state of Hawaii's case against the Trump administration's latest ban prohibiting travel from several majority - Muslim nations.

They filed their brief supporting the public sector unions on Friday evening.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's push for nonpartisan redistricting has gained significant Republican support, with Ohio Gov. John Kasich signing on to his amicus brief at the Supreme Court and Arizona Sen. John McCain filing a separate friend - of - the - court brief.

He also filed an amicus brief in support of the Hawaii lawsuit.

«We support diversity of all kinds, whether it be gender or ethnicity or sexual preference,» said Miranda, who says his group filed a brief in favor of same - sex marriage.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed a joint brief Thursday supporting the indicted but still politically connected former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver, despite objections from the government.

He says the state will file an amicus brief in support of the lawsuit filed by Lamba Legal, the ACLU and Equality North Carolina seeking to overturn the law.

Congressman Eliot Engel, Senator Jeff Klein, Senator Adriano Espaillat, Assemblyman Jeff Dinowitz and Councilmember Andrew Cohen continued their fierce opposition to LG Electronic's proposed 143 - foot LG tower along the Palisades by filing a legal brief in support of environmentalists» efforts to end the project.

«I led the way by filing an amicus brief in support of an appeal in New Jersey Appellate Court, fought side - by - side with environmental advocates and won the battle against LG's plan to forever ruin the verdant bluffs that we enjoy so much.

The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and the New York State Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers filed a joint brief Thursday supporting the indicted but still politically connected Silver, despite objections from the government.

Poughkeepsie... Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro filed an amicus - curiae brief today with the United State Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit, in support of Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation and the Public Service Commission of the State of New York's motion seeking to stay the implementation of a new capacity zone ordered by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).

Last week, the Sheriffs» Association as well as several elected sheriffs filed an amicus curiae brief supporting a federal challenge to the SAFE Act.

Mr. Bloomberg called the argument «stupid,» and then Scott M. Stringer, the Manhattan borough president, declared that he would file a legal brief in support of the mayor.

As stated in the legal brief filed by GM in support of the University of Michigan affirmative action case, «only a well - educated, highly diverse workforce, comprised of people who have learned to work productively and creatively with individuals from a multitude of races and ethnic, religious, and cultural histories, can maintain America's global competitiveness in the increasingly diverse and interconnected world economy.»

The Genetics Policy Institute in Wellington, Florida, a non-profit supporting hESC research, has also asked to file an amicus brief with its analysis of why the NIH policy doesn't violate the Dickey - Wicker law barring federal funds for research that harms embryos.

12, and Matthew Shaw filed an amicus curiae, or friend of the court, brief supporting the University of Texas at Austin (UT) in Fisher v. University of Texas, a United States Supreme Court case regarding UT's race - conscious admissions policies.

For example, the AFT refused to charter segregated locals and filed an amicus brief in support of desegregation in Brown v. Board of Education.

Yet such a decision would bring the most persistent and pervasive aspect of that conflict nearer to a close; it is no wonder, then, that the National Education Association has filed an amicus brief in support of the state.

Alexandria, Va. (February 10, 2016)-- The National School Boards Association (NSBA) joined the International Municipal Lawyers Association in filing a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief Monday in the U.S. Supreme Court, supporting the employer's request for review in the case of City of Houston v. Zamora.

Alexandria, Va. (June 9, 2015)- The National School Boards Association (NSBA), joined by the Louisiana School Boards Association (LSBA), the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA), the Texas Association of School Boards» (TASB) Legal Assistance Fund, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), filed a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (LA, MS, TX) in support of the school district in Seth B. v. Orleans Parish School District.

The NSBA and NASB, through their counsel, filed a motion petitioning the court for permission to submit a brief in support of the Parents» lawsuit challenging the State's new voucher law — Senate Bill 302.

The National Association of School Boards, representing public officials elected to Nevada's school boards, filed a «friend of the court» brief before Judge Wilson supporting the parent who brought the lawsuit against SB302 vouchers, because of the great harm that these vouchers would inflict on public school education.

On November 23, 2015, the Nevada State Education Association and National Education Association filed an Amicus Curiae Brief In Support of Plaintiffs» Motion for Preliminary Injunction.

For this reason, NCSECS and the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools (the National Alliance) recently filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court in support of the Petitioner in Endrew F. NCSECS and the National Alliance are urging the Supreme Court to adopt a high standard of educational benefit consistent with the charter school movement's commitment to serving students with disabilities enrolled in charter schools, and its high expectations for all students.

The National School Boards Association (NSBA), joined by the Louisiana School Boards Association (LSBA), the Mississippi School Boards Association (MSBA), the Texas Association of School Boards» (TASB) Legal Assistance Fund, and the National Association of State Directors of Special Education (NASDSE), filed a «friend of the court» (amicus) brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit (LA, MS, TX) in support of the school district in Seth B. v. Orleans Parish School District.

Tommy Fuller of the Fuller Law Group, filed an Amicus Curiae brief on behalf of TCSA and the Louisiana Association of Public Charter Schools (LAPCS) in support of the Louisiana charter school's claims and arguing that Louisiana public charter schools are political subdivisions for purposes of the NLRA and should be exempt from the NLRB's jurisdiction.

NSBA is pleased to report that a federal district court judge in New York has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Vidal v. Nielsen (New York v. Trump), a case in which NSBA and other national educational organizations filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging the DACA rescission.

Earlier this month, CCSA filed an amicus brief in support of San Francisco and Santa Clara counties lawsuit against the President's executive order.

As a result, said Ricardo Soto, a lawyer for the charter school association, which filed a brief in support of them, other charter operators have to reexamine how they conduct their own operations.

That Indianapolis - based nonprofit organization, named after school choice advocate Milton Friedman, filed a «friend of the court» brief in support of the state's efforts to protect SB302.

The law clinic at Loyola University's College of Law on Monday (Dec. 18) joined six education and youth advocacy organizations in filing an amicus brief supporting the Orleans Parish School Board's lawsuit against Einstein Charter Schools for its duty to provide student transportation.

Cato has filed an amicus brief supporting them, arguing that the educational tax credits are not «money raised by taxation» according to the original understanding of the 1877 amendment, New Hampshire case law, and U.S. Supreme Court precedent.

And WILL filed an amicus brief in Duncan v. Nevada supporting the universal voucher program providing taxpayer money for private and religious schools, struck down by that state's highest court.

In support of the school district's efforts, NSBA with the Arizona School Boards Association filed an amicus, «friend of the court,» brief in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.