Sentences with phrase «from federal court rules»

Kennedy also tried to rely on a procedure from Federal Court rules to explain why the application was justified.

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Federal Court Judge Michael Phelan ruled that forcing patients to buy marijuana through the mail from a licensed producer was an «arbitrary and overbroad» violation of patients» charter rights.

Her ruling followed the Ninth Circuit federal appeals court's ruling from Thursday that had already prevented the order from being enforced nationally.

In the United States last week, a federal court effectively killed what few rules there were that prevented Internet providers from discriminating between different types of traffic.

In a recent court case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijcourt case, the 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijCourt of Appeals ruled that the Department of Justice is prohibited from using federal funds to prosecute businesses who operate within state laws regarding medical marijuana.

A federal appeals court ruled in 2015 that the notice can't take place until after biosimilar makers gain approval from the Food and Drug Administration.

New legislation could allow for injunctions to prevent a troll from filing a U.S. lawsuit while Canada's Federal Court rules on whether the Canadian company has infringed on an asserted patent.

A U.S.appeals court ruled federal civil rights law protects LGBT employees from discrimination in the workplace

With the passage in 1968 of federal legislation mandating decidedly lowered rent ceilings, court rulings limiting discretion in tenant selection, and pressure from the civil rights movement to put an end to racial bias in tenant selection and assignments, this percentage increased.

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.

A day before the one - year anniversary of the Supreme Court's decision to strike down the Defense of Marriage Act, which had barred same - sex marriages from federal recognition, a divided three - judge panel of the 10th Circuit Court ruled...

A self - deprecating NCAA is a welcome switch from the previously smug organization that has only been moved to meaningful action in the recent past by federal court decisions (the ban on cost - of - attendance stipends became illegal once the NCAA got whipped in O'Bannon vs. NCAA) and terrible PR (Connecticut guard Shabazz Napier made the schools look silly with their food rules by speaking out during a tournament that makes $ 770 million a year for the NCAA in television revenue, hence the unlimited meals rule change).

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.

A federal appeals court ruled for the first time that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - oldcourt ruled for the first time that the 1964 Civil Rights Act protects LGBT employees from workplace discrimination, setting up a likely battle before the Supreme Court as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - oldCourt as gay rights advocates push to broaden the scope of the 53 - year - old law.

Federal appeals court judges weighed whether they should consider Trump's previous statements supporting a complete ban on Muslims entering the country when ruling on his revised order to suspend travel from six Muslim - majority countries.

From a legal standpoint, there are two main laws that the observer may use in arguments with Committee members, in courts etc: Federal Law 67 «On basic guarantees» (lays down the rules for elections and referendums) and the Federal Law «On Presidential Election in the Russian Federation».

In a case that could have wide - ranging national significance for gay rights, a federal appeals court in New York ruled that a landmark civil rights law bars employers from discriminating against their workers based on sexual orientation.

Grandparents, cousins and similarly close relations of people in the United States should not be prevented from coming to the country under Trump's travel ban, a federal appeals court has ruled in another legal defeat for the administration on the contentious issue.

«We strongly belief that President Buhari, must be seen to be acting contrary to court decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assecourt decisions on the use of Military during elections as clearly stated in the rulings of Justice Aikawa of the Federal High Court, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National AsseCourt, who in his judgment, restrained the President and Commander - in - Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and INEC from engaging the service of the Nigerian armed forces in the security supervision of elections in any manner whatsoever in any part of Nigeria, without the Act of the National Assembly.

One, a federal court in 2011 ruled in the state's favor and paved the way for Gov. Andrew Cuomo to try to collect the state tax from Native American nations by making their wholesalers pick up the cost.

A bevy of unfavorable federal court rulings blocked the implementation of Trump's initial attempt at temporarily barring arrivals from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Yemen, Sudan, Syria and Somalia via executive order in January, prompting the administration to announce it would issue a new fiat instead of defending the original.

A Town of Oyster Bay ordinance restricting day laborers from soliciting work on the streets is unconstitutional, a federal appeals court ruled.

We've seen two historic rulings today from the U.S. Supreme Court concerning gay marriage - the striking down of the federal Defense of Marriage Act and a ruling clearing the way for same sex marriages to resume in California.

The announcement was made in court papers filed recently, as part of the ongoing remedy process stemming from the federal class action lawsuit, Floyd vs. City of New York, in which a judge ruled the police unfairly targeted people of color for stops.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

For AQE, which is pushing for education spending on par with a decade - old court ruling, the problem for them was Cuomo suggesting a short - term extender may be a viable option for the state budget considering the uncertainty emanating from Washington over the federal government's budget cuts.

In a win for ultra-orthodox Jewish sects, a federal appeals court ruled a NYC regulation, which requires parental consent before a mohel is allowed to suck blood from an infant's circumcised penis, must pass a stricter constitutional test than was applied by the lower court.

An effort by Citizens United to block the state from enforcing donor disclosure rules has been tossed by a federal court judge on Monday, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman's office announce.

The fate of former National Security Adviser (NSA) Col. Sambo Dasuki is set to be decided upon as an Abuja High Court will on Monday February 8, 2016 rule on whether to discharge him or not from the criminal charges brought against him by the Federal Government.

The U.S. Department of Justice on Tuesday said it would voluntarily dismiss its own appeal of a Seattle federal court ruling that had suspended President Donald Trump's first executive order concerning travel from seven Muslim - majority countries.

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.

One immediate takeaway from the federal Court's congressional redistricting plan and ruling is that incumbency protection (i.e., seniority and residence) should not be a factor when crafting a judicial plan.

Bruno, an 83 - year - old Republican from Rennselaer County, was convicted of theft of honest services charges, but that was later overturned by a federal court following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the chcourt following a U.S. Supreme Court ruling on the chCourt ruling on the charge.

«As if the palpable odium of intiating a vacuous criminal charge against a whistle - blower, no less a person than a distinguished senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria was not bad enough, the prosecuting authority, obviously urged on by the Inspector General of Police, threw pretension to adherence to democratic tenets of the rule of law when it sought from the court, albeit most illegally, to obtain summons against Senator Misau, while deliberately witholding service of the copy of the charge on the Senator, an obvious stratagem conceived to frame up all manner of false allegations tailored to suit the obvious purpose of yet another gestapo strategy to use state powers to swoop on the Distinguished Senator and keep him out of circulation»

The Eddy Olafeso - led faction of the party in the zone had appealed a November 8 ruling by the Federal High Court, Ado - Ekiti, which declared the Ogundipe - led executive as the authentic leadership of the party in the zone and forbade the Olafeso - led group from parading itself as members of the South West zonal exco and from participating in the forthcoming national convention as representatives of the zonal exco.

«The Supreme Court ruling on Citizens United vs. the Federal Elections Commission prevents Congress from enacting laws that limit spending on elections,» said Councilor David Marshall.

When contacted on Friday, a senior lawyer in the CAU of the Federal Ministry of Justice, Mr. Pius Akutah, confirmed that following the judgment of the Court of Appeal setting aside the rulings from the courts in Lagos, the extradition suit would be refiled as soon and the US government sent a fresh request for the senator.

The Department of Environmental Conservation violated federal law by allowing manure control plans to be certified by the same private experts hired by farmers to craft the plans, and by keeping plans confidential from the public, according to a ruling in Albany this week by Acting State Supreme Court Justice David Weinstein.

In what has turned out to be a landmark decision, the Court ruled in Daubert that federal trial judges must act as gatekeepers in order to exclude unreliable evidence from the courtroom.

A federal appeals court in Colorado last week vacated a temporary ban on U.S. Department of Agriculture inspections at slaughterhouse facilities, ruling against animal protection groups seeking to block Valley Meat and other aspiring horse slaughter facilities from opening.

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.

«Our timely study builds on previous research from UH scientists and recent federal court rulings that show that treated wastewater is illegally discharged to the ocean from injection wells at the Lahaina Wastewater Reclamation facility via SGD to Kahekili Beach Park on West Maui,» said Daniel Amato, lead author and recent graduate of the UHM College of Natural Sciences.

In Guitierrez - Brizuela v. Lynch, a 2016 immigration case, Gorsuch waved a red flag against the «Chevron deference» — a doctrine under which courts are supposed to defer to federal agencies on interpretations of rules that developed from a 1984 decision, Chevron v. National Resources Defense Council.

The policy was immediately challenged in federal court in several states, producing two rulings that blocked the ban from taking effect.

The court's 5 - 4 ruling said the Bush administration did not adequately assess the threats from global warming when it rejected a petition from environmental groups and 12 states that sought to force federal greenhouse gas limits on motor vehicles.

A separate EPA rule finalized last year aims to slash methane emissions from new facilities and is now under review in federal court.

These companies, which profit by legally enforcing patents they own rather than developing products, may benefit from a 31 August ruling at a US federal court of appeal in Washington DC.

In addition to the Prop. 8 ruling, the Supreme Court will also release its ruling on the Defense of Marriage Act, which is a federal initiative that prevents same - sex couples from receiving the same benefits as heterosexual couples.

A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that a Virginia high school discriminated against a transgender teen by forbidding him from using the boys» restroom — a case that might have implications for a controversial North Carolina law.

The high court let stand a federal appeals court's ruling that UT did not violate the constitutional rights of White Buffalo Ventures when it blocked 59,000 e-mails in 2003 despite LonghornSingles.com complying with CAN - SPAM after it legally obtained the addresses from the university.