Sentences with phrase «from district judge»

It was therefore open to the court to set aside the ancillary relief order as a transaction at an undervalue — Insolvency Act 1986 (IA 1986), s 339 — and, on appeal from the district judge in the insolvency proceedings, Judge Pelling set aside Mrs Haines's ancillary relief order.

The route from district judge to circuit judge is not particularly well - travelled, but HHJ HDH Jones blazed the trail twenty years ago, and HHJ John has now joined HHJ Wyn Rees in that select company.

Though I think there are practical benefits from district judges sitting by designation on circuit courts, I feel it is hinky for district judges in these kinds of cases to be key votes deciding the nature and application of reasonable review.

It may be thought that there is more than a casual connection between this change and the decision to transfer work involving matrimonial «undefendeds» (the old «special procedures») from district judges to legal advisers with the likelihood that they will in due course be required to be issued out of or through bulk centres.

Not exact matches

The settlement was filed on Monday in the federal court in Manhattan and won preliminary approval from U.S. District Judge Robert Sweet.

Trump's lawyers had filed a motion to prevent her from testifying, according to court documents reviewed by Fortune, but the district judge, Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern District of New York, denied thedistrict judge, Katherine B. Forrest of the Southern District of New York, denied theDistrict of New York, denied the motion.

The US District Court for the District of Columbia judge presiding over the criminal case for President Donald Trump's former national security adviser Michael Flynn has been recused from handling the case, a court spokeswoman said on Thursday.

(In 2011, a U.S. District Court judge ruled that Yelp was protected from accusations that it offered to highlight positive reviews and hide negative ones in exchange for paid advertising.)

The stay of proceedings came just one day after President Donald Trump signed an executive order barring the detainees from entering the U.S. Sending travelers home could cause them «irreparable harm,» said Judge Ann Donnelly of the Eastern District of New York.

The Obama administration decided to block construction on federal land shortly after a U.S. District Court judge rejected a request from Native Americans for a court order to block the project.

Trump last month issued an executive order, since suspended by a U.S. district judge, that temporarily barred travelers from seven mostly Muslim countries including Syria, as well as imposing an indefinite ban on all Syrian refugees.

Observers told Business Insider that Wood would be more likely to select one of the government's nominees, who are retired judges from the Southern District of New York; Cohen's team submitted names of former federal prosecutors.

A U.S. District Court judge has blocked the Interior Department from suspending an Obama - era rule meant to prevent planet - warming methane from escaping during oil and natural gas operations.

U.S. District Judge James Robart in Seattle suspended the order nationwide after Washington state challenged its legality, eliciting a barrage of angry Twitter messages from Trump against the judge and the court syJudge James Robart in Seattle suspended the order nationwide after Washington state challenged its legality, eliciting a barrage of angry Twitter messages from Trump against the judge and the court syjudge and the court system.

At a hearing Monday in U.S. District Court in New York, Judge Kimba Wood denied Cohen's request for a temporary restraining order to block the investigators from reviewing the materials seized from Cohen's temporary residence and two office spaces during a raid last week.

The city's law prohibiting employers from asking candidates to reveal their past salaries violates the First Amendment's free - speech clause, ruled U.S. District Judge Mitchell S. Goldberg.

U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood said that federal authorities who seized documents from the lawyer, Michael Cohen, would provide copies to Cohen's team.

After listening to both sides, U.S. District Judge Richard Sullivan said he would not immediately rule from the bench, but that he would issue an order before the shareholders meeting, according to Bloomberg.

Since his last re-election, Clarke has openly supported Republican causes on local and national right - wing media outlets; proudly trumpets on official Milwaukee County letterhead his 2013 award from the Constitutional Sheriffs and Peace Officers Association, whose leader suggested using women and children as human shields during Nevada rancher Cliven Bundy's standoff with federal agents; accused Milwaukee County Executive Chris Abele of having «penis envy» and being on heroin when crafting the county budget and needing to be drug tested; blasted Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm and Chief Judge Jeffrey Kremers for being «soft on crime»; provided minimal protection for President Obama during his 2012 visit; employs former Scott Walker spokeswoman Fran McLaughlin, who was given criminal immunity over her role in Walker's mixing of campaign and county business; and created pro-gun public service announcements.

As the accused allegedly acquired more than $ 5 million of the $ 6 million under scrutiny from within the state of Massachusetts, it was Judge Rya Zobel of the District Court of Massachusetts who issued a freeze of their assets on January 16, 2018.

His silence has not won him sympathy from U.S. District Judge William Alsup, the judge overseeing the case, who earlier this month said Waymo has «one of the strongest records I've ever seen» showing that Levandowski took the fJudge William Alsup, the judge overseeing the case, who earlier this month said Waymo has «one of the strongest records I've ever seen» showing that Levandowski took the fjudge overseeing the case, who earlier this month said Waymo has «one of the strongest records I've ever seen» showing that Levandowski took the files.

A federal judge Wednesday allowed Maryland and the District of Columbia to proceed with their lawsuit accusing President Donald Trump of accepting unconstitutional gifts from foreign interests, but limited the case to the president's involvement with the Trump International Hotel in Washington.

«The bottom line is the evidence indicates that Uber hired Levandowski even though it knew or should have known that he possessed over 14,000 confidential Waymo files likely containing Waymo's intellectual property; that at least some information from those files, if not the files themselves, has seeped into Uber's own LiDAR development efforts; and that at least some of said information likely qualifies for trade secret protection,» U.S. District Judge William Alsup wrote.

Notably, US District Judge Denise Cote said the trio is likely to lose a trial against the government, suggesting the latter is likely to prove that the three individuals illegally profited from the alleged sale of restricted shares.

«Our own associates... are exceptionally well - qualified, hailing from the country's best law schools and having worked directly with the partners at our firm on complex, confidential government investigations, civil litigation, or both,» the Trump lawyers stated in a letter to U.S. District Judge Kimba Wood.

In a decision on Friday, U.S. District Judge Thelton Henderson in San Francisco said the California plaintiffs may seek damages from Starbucks in their proposed nationwide class action, including for fraud and false advertising.

On January 17, 2012, Judge Carol E. Jackson of the U.S. District Court, Eastern District of Missouri granted the SEC's request for emergency injunctive relief (including an asset freeze and appointment of a receiver) against Burton Douglas Morriss as well as several investment management companies and private equity funds operated by Morriss in response to the SEC's complaint alleging that Morriss misappropriated more than $ 9 million in investor assets from 2005 through 2011.

On May 16, 2012, in response to a lawsuit filed by journalist Chris Hedges, Noam Chomsky, Naomi Wolf and others, [16] United States District Judge Katherine B. Forrest ruled the indefinite detention section of the law (1021) likely violates the 1st and 5th Amendments and issued a preliminary injunction preventing the US government from enforcing it.

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.

In the case of religious expression, having a government authority like a school district abuse their authority by forcing the graduating class to listen to only one religious viewpoint and prayer is reprehensible from a legal standpoint regardless of what corrupt judge you find to rule differently.

The churches will be allowed to continue to meet in public schools, thanks to a permanent injunction issued today from a district court judge.

Los Angeles Times: Rabbi who refused to testify freed after seven months in prison A Brooklyn orthodox rabbi who was jailed after refusing to answer questions before a federal grand jury, saying his religion forbid him from testifying against other Jews, was ordered freed this week by a district court judge in Los Angeles, the rabbi's attorney said.

The Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA) and other groups today filed a brief with a federal appellate court explaining that a district court judge erred in refusing to block implementation of Vermont's law mandating warning labels on products with ingredients from genetically engineered (GE) plants.

Deputy District Judge Margaret Dodds told the troubled former footballer he would «inevitably» be disqualified from driving.

He is back with his team after signing a pro contract, changing his mind, returning the money and receiving an injunction from a U.S. District Court judge (before whom Shelton presumably pleaded temporary greed) who reversed an NCAA decision that had made Shelton ineligible.

The week before, after three days of hearings in a U.S. District Court in Indianapolis, Federal Judge James Noland reversed a USAC ban that would have kept six CART teams — numbering among them drivers such as defending Indy champ Al Unser, his brother Bobby, and former winners Johnny Rutherford and Gordon Johncock — from competing in this year's race.

U.S. District Judge David Doty ruled in favor of Adrian Peterson on Thursday, overturning the Vikings running back's indefinite suspension from the NFL.

The Crystal Lake Park District's lawsuit over ownership of the lake hit another snag Tuesday when two McHenry County Court associate judges removed themselves from the case.

District courts aren't limited to the grounds or arguments asserted by the parties when making their rulings either, so rejection of the amicus brief does not suddenly wall off any of its arguments from consideration by the judge.

A DuPage County judge Wednesday reversed a ruling that had kept Bensenville's park district from detaching its 260 - acre golf course from the municipality, but the village attorney immediately promised an appeal.

She earned her law degree from the Southwestern University School of Law and graduated Cum Laude, was an Associate Editor for the Law Review, and on the Dean's List, and began her legal career as a law clerk for Magistrate Judge Margaret A. Nagle, United States District Court, Los Angeles, and as an associate at the prestigious law firm of Brobeck Phleger & Harrison LLP.

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.

Circuit Judge Dorothy Kirie Kinnaird also continued to prohibit the defendants in the case — current and former Park District officials — from any attempts to reform the district's controversial police depDistrict officials — from any attempts to reform the district's controversial police depdistrict's controversial police department.

Jack McHugh said Wednesday he will resign from the Chicago Park District board if a judge upholds the appointments of two commissioners loyal to Mayor Harold Washington.

Carl Swanberg, 61, retired Chicago Park District harbor master who pleaded guilty to charges that he funneled bribes from boat owners seeking harbor permits back to Gerald Pfeiffer, former director of the Park District's marine division, was sentenced to 60 days «work release Monday by U.S. District Judge Ilana Diamond Rovner.

U.S. District Judge Anita B. Brody asked for more financial analysis from the parties, a week after players» lawyers filed a detailed payout plan.

The ruling by Circuit Judge Marjan Staniec prevents the Village of Niles from taking over the park district.

To get the warrant, the approval of Rosenstein (deputy AG), the head of the DOJ criminal division, the US Attorney for SDNY (though he recused himself from this for some reason, so whoever substituted for him), and a federal magistrate judge or district judge are required.

The man who sentenced Bruno, U.S. District Court Judge Gary L. Sharpe, made his distaste for the Legislature clear from the bench.

As you mentioned, U.S. District Judge Derrick Watson issued a temporary restraining order which blocked the travel ban from being enforced.