Sentences with phrase «filed court briefs»

"Factcheck.org Minimizes John Roberts» Role in Filing of the Bray Brief: The ad states that «John Roberts filed court briefs supporting violent fringe groups and a convicted clinic bomber.»

Yet, the de Blasio administration recently filed court briefs supporting the developers in a lawsuit over the transfer of city parkland — the parking lot where the mall is planned — without approval from the state legislature.

Roughly 40 companies — including Facebook (fb), Microsoft (msft), and Google (goog)-- are expected to file court briefs showing support for Apple by the end of Thursday.

Not exact matches

«A ruling by a single judge in one circuit can not and does not undo the years of clear legal precedent nationwide establishing that transgender students have the right to go to school without being singled out for discrimination,» said a statement from five groups, including the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), that have filed «friend of the court» briefs on behalf of transgender students.

He has also filed amicus briefs in landmark patent and other cases to district courts, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court involving patenting issues relevant to biotechnology.

The federal judge overseeing the case in Texas against the Department of Labor's fiduciary rule on Wednesday denied considering all but two of the eight amicus briefs filed in the court, allowing only the briefs filed by the Financial Planning Coalition and the American Association for Justice.

As Jason Langley, an attorney with Denver - based Kennedy Childs, argued in one of the briefs he filed for the defense, the court «should not overturn the long - standing rule in Colorado that the term «person,» as is used in the Wrongful Death Act, encompasses only individuals born alive.

Many church groups filed amicus curiae briefs urging that the court declare a constitutional requirement of property tax exemption for churches.

Those issues surfaced in the various briefs filed in the Supreme Court, some of which are written as if the court must inevitably choose one religious point of view as the winner and the other as the lCourt, some of which are written as if the court must inevitably choose one religious point of view as the winner and the other as the lcourt must inevitably choose one religious point of view as the winner and the other as the loser.

Advocacy can include many activities that a person or organization undertakes including media campaigns, public speaking, commissioning and publishing research or poll or the «filing of friend of the court briefs».

filed amicus briefs arguing for the result the court reached in the line - item veto case.

But elected officials and advocates say they are filing amicus briefs in opposition to the city's appeal of a July 2015 state court decision that called for the release of a summary of misconduct findings against Officer Daniel Pantaleo, who put Staten Island man Eric Garner in a chokehold that killed him, noting that the law permits released based on a court order.

She had asked for briefs this week, but prosecutors said they would agree to leave them out until after the Supreme Court rules — likely by the June 24 end of its term — and the two sides file briefs over five weeks, and then agree to 60 more days after Wood rules.

Klein joined Congressman Eliot Engel; New York State Senator Adriano Espaillat; New York Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz; and New York City Councilman Andrew Cohen, in filing amici curiae briefs on April 7, 2014, urged New Jersey's Superior Court, Appellate Division to invalidate LG's variance to exceed the traditional 35 - foot height limit in towns surrounding the Park by more than fourfold.

All the briefs have now been filed in Green Party of Tennessee et al v Hargett, U.S. District Court, middle district, 3:11 - cv - 692.

Wise didn't have any pushback: Tommy's owners didn't appear in court, and they didn't file legal briefs challenging the case.

The stay allows NIH to return to business as usual until at least 20 September, which is the deadline for the parties to file briefs so the appeals court can decide whether to continue a lower court's 23 August preliminary injunction.

The appeals court previously set a 20 September deadline for filing briefs in the appeal, and most observers had expected a ruling shortly thereafter.

Several major organizations, including the American Medical Association, the March of Dimes and the American Society for Human Genetics, filed friend - of - the - court briefs in support of the challenge to the patents on the BRCA genes.

Overall, 73 amicus curiae (friend - of - the - court briefs) were filed in support of the University of Texas at Austin's holistic admissions policy.

A group of of education chiefs from around the nation, as well as some teachers, parents, student groups and business organizations, lended their official support to the Vergara lawsuit today by filing several amicus curiae or «friend of the court» briefs.

This week, a long list of organizations filed «friend of the court» briefs in support of Gavin Grimm.

These amicus briefs — one filed in the U. S. Supreme Court in two California cases, the other in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit dealing with a Kentucky case — ask the courts to reconsider rulings that misinterpret the main federal special education law, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA).

Once the briefs are all filed, the court will schedule a date for oral arguments, but there is no timeframe on when the court must schedule it, Theodore J. Boutrous, Jr., the plaintiffs» lead co-counsel, explained in a phone call today with reporters.

Preeminent education policy experts, school board members and administrators, civil rights advocates, award - winning teachers, and top legal scholars filed amici curiae, or «friend of the court» briefs urging the Court of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students decourt» briefs urging the Court of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students deCourt of Appeal to uphold the basic protections on which teachers and students depend.

The Supreme Court turned them all down (likely to avoid being buried by an avalanche of 100 school districts filing Amicus briefs to explain how the Levy Swipe plan will harm their students).

This year, for the first time in history, several major school districts asked to file Amicus briefs to explain their problems directly to the Supreme Court.

The State of Texas and the Intervenors also filed opening briefs seeking to overturn certain aspects of the district court's ruling.

We asked the court if we could file briefs on this matter to be heard on why this settlement should not be approved.»

The plaintiff argues the briefs filed in support of the University of Pennsylvania provide the university an argument word - count advantage and seek to inject irrelevant issues that are not before the court.

The department drafts and files amicus curiae «friend of the court» briefs relevant to cases that would either advance animal welfare or be in opposition to those that would cause setbacks to animal welfare.

«On Monday, the judge said he had received two «friend of the court» briefs and told the two groups of contrarians to each file a statement by the close of business on Tuesday declaring who paid for their research, whether they received support from anyone «on either side of the climate debate,» and whether any of them were «affiliated in any way (directly or indirectly)» with parties to the litigation.

The parties have filed their respective briefs with the court.»

Scientists and experts skeptical that human activity will cause a climate catastrophe have filed briefs with the court, likely disputing claims from cities and oil companies about global warming.

Prominent Amicus Groups File Supreme Court Briefs In Support Of Climate Change Case Brought By Young Americans

Since 2011, we've assisted hundreds of researchers by providing legal counsel, matching them with pro bono legal representation, and filing amici curiae — «friend of the court» — briefs in their cases.

I'll give Steyn credit, he strives for some balance here, but there's just so few positive reviews that he could barely fill that chapter, much like there were no amicus curiae briefs filed with the DC Circuit Court on Mann's behalf.

And there's another effect as well — as this article from the ABA Journal (November 2007) describes, the Court has seen an increase in the number of amicus briefs filed by lawyers avid for a chance to participate in a Supreme Court case in any way possible.

Specifically, they have asked the Court of Criminal Appeals to allow death penalty petitions and briefs to be filed electronically - a practice allowed by the U.S. Supreme Court and the U.S. federal district courts in Texas.

Casetext collected hundreds of thousands of publicly filed briefs — many from the federal courts» PACER system — and then culled them in an effort to ensure that the collection included only quality briefs filed by leading law firms, specialized boutiques, nonprofits and government agencies.

Starting December 1, lawyers filing briefs with the Texas Supreme Court, the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals and the state's 14 intermediate appellate courts must contend with a new rule that limits the filings by the number of words.

The court's elaborate rules for filing briefs, which will remain in place for the time being, dictate that most briefs be printed in easy - to - thumb booklets with color - coded covers.

The Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court announced today that briefs filed with the full court will now be posted to the Web, available via either www.ma-appellatecourts.org or www.mass.govCourt announced today that briefs filed with the full court will now be posted to the Web, available via either www.ma-appellatecourts.org or www.mass.govcourt will now be posted to the Web, available via either www.ma-appellatecourts.org or www.mass.gov/sjc.

After lengthy deliberation and study, the court will require electronic filing of briefs, initially only by parties represented by attorneys.

The rollout was so smooth that within a matter of months, the Texas court eliminated a requirement that litigants also file paper briefs, he says.

We file amicus curiae briefs representing the broad views of the business community in important litigation throughout the country, including in the Supreme Court of the United States.

The Litigation Center's amicus strategy includes filing briefs that present unique and compelling legal arguments, and that educate courts on the practical implications of legal decisions to the broader business community.

Michael Murray studied rhetorical uses of parentheticals in federal appellate briefs and opinions.110 He drew a cross-sectional sample of briefs filed in several appellate courts from February through July of 2011.

Ian Gallacher considered this question in his study of readability scores of briefs filed in New York's highest court from 1969 to 2008.244 Gallacher's study «was designed to reveal if the effects of systematic legal - writing instruction in law schools could be seen in documents written by lawyers.»

The sample include fifty briefs filed from February to July of 2011 in the Supreme Court and three circuit courts, as well as opinions from fifty Supreme Court cases in the same time period.111