In an unusual development, the judge in the Oakland case asked in early March 2018 for a tutorial
from plaintiffs and defendants about predominantly science points.
Not exact matches
«To place
defendants» argument in a real world context,» she wrote, «they assert that for the payment of approximately $ 100 a year to the Copyright Office (the payment for a Section 111 compulsory license)
and without compliance with the strictures of the Communications Act or
plaintiffs» consent, that they are entitled to use
and profit
from the
plaintiffs» copyrighted works.»
To quote a legal friend: «
defendants with documentation, records
and client acknowledgements are the best protection
from the
plaintiff's bar.»
Thus it was in the celebrated case of Rylands v. Fletcher (1868) in the law of tort, in which water
from the
defendant's reservoir had flooded the mines of the
plaintiff and put them out of use.
It appears
from defendant's own statement, that the McIlhenny bottle
and carton were used as a guide in the manufacture of his own,
and the inference must follow that his intention then was to make it appear to the casual observer that his sauce
and that of
plaintiff were one
and the same,
and thus secure the advantage of the extensive advertisement
and wide demand for
plaintiff's product, which the stipulation shows is sold in every State of the Union
and many foreign countries
and is handled by a large maj ority of the jobbers in the United States.
The fact that
defendant has not only dressed his product in imitation of that of the
plaintiff, but has, in addition, likewise used
plaintiff's trade - mark, gives added reason why the Court should require that hereafter
defendant not only discontinue the use of the name «Tabasco,» but that he adopt a new
and distinctive bottle
and carton, such as will clearly
and unmistakably differentiate his sauce
from the «Tabasco Pepper Sauce» manufactured by
plaintiff.
A copy of the suit said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described,
from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
The Supreme Court upheld the
Plaintiffs case
and held that the
Defendant was disqualified
from standing for election for the office of the President under Article 94 (2)(c)(i) of the 1992 Constitution.
An order that the contents of relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff,
and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same on all media networks mentioned in paragraphs 7
and 15 above
and doing so within 14 days
from the day of judgment.
A copy of the suit, which is available to ClassFMonline.com said: «This honourable court will be moved by Gary Nimako Marfo ESQ., counsel for
and on behalf of
plaintiff / applicants herein praying for an order of interlocutory injunction to restrain
defendants / respondents, whether by themselves, agents, servants, workmen, hirelings, privies or any person claiming under or through them or howsoever described,
from holding out the second
defendant / respondent, [as] the parliamentary candidate - elect for Klottey Korle constituency.»
(ii) an order that the content of relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same on all media networks mentioned in paragraphs 12 above
and doing so within 14 days
from the day of judgement
He also sought an order of perpetual injunction restraining the
defendants and their agents
from interfering with his rights
and or privileges as a senator
and preventing him
from entering «or remaining within the precinct or chamber of the Senate or National Assembly or attempting to forcibly remove him
from the chamber or precinct of the National Assembly or in any way impeding or undermining the
plaintiff's ability to function as a senator of the Federal Republic of Nigeria.»
The
plaintiffs, however, denied the assertion that the relocation of 2nd
and 3rd
defendants from the USA to Ghana was for them to look after their son
and further denied that their son was physically challenged, for him to be taken care of.
By article 46, the first
defendant is endowed with independence in the performance of its functions including the initiation, regulation
and conduct of elections in the country... In our opinion
and as part of our function to declare what the law is, the above words which are unambiguous insulate the Electoral Commission
from any external direction
and or control in the performance of the functions conferred on it under article 45... A fair consideration of the functions of the first
defendant reveals that the demand which was made on it by the
plaintiffs regarding the presence of ineligible
and deceased persons
and the latter's refusal to acquiesce in the said demands which provoked the action herein relates to its mandate under article 45 (a) «to compile the register of voters
and revise it at such periods as may be determined by law».
«It is my belief that the arranged marriage was all part of the grand design by 3rd
defendant (Catherine Afeku) to defraud
plaintiffs by moving David Thomas
from Kumasi to Axim
and also milking
plaintiffs family».
He is also seeking an order «that the contents of the relief (i) above be subject to the prior approval of
plaintiff,
and for
defendants to personally
and separately read out same on all media networks mentioned in paragraph 12 above,
and doing so within 14 days
from the Day of Judgment.»
He also sought an order of interim injunction restraining the second
and third
defendants, whether by themselves, servants, agents, privies or howsoever called
from forwarding a fresh name or governorship aspirant to the first
defendant, when the
plaintiff was still alive
and had not withdrawn his candidacy for the governorship election of Bayelsa State, pending the determination of the substantive suit.
The Bayelsa State governor wanted an order of interim injunction restraining the first
defendant, whether by itself, servant, agents, privies or howsoever called
from accepting
from the second
and third
defendants any fresh submission of names of governorship aspirant
from Bayelsa State, to change / substitute the name of the
plaintiff which had already been submitted to the first
defendant after the primary election of January 2011, pending the hearing
and determination of the substantive suit.
The state education commissioner acknowledges the achievement gap, as does the attorney general
and even Gov. Dannel Malloy, who went
from plaintiff in the CCJEF lawsuit when he was mayor of Stamford to
defendant in the case when he became governor in 2011.
Appeal
from judgment entered by the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York (Mark D. Fox, Magistrate Judge), which held that
defendant Board of Education of the Newburgh Enlarged City School District intentionally discriminated against
plaintiff Santina Polera in violation of the Americans with Disabilities Act, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq.,
and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act, 29 U.S.C. § 794,
and awarded damages to
plaintiff.
Plaintiffs are environmental protection groups with a common goal to prevent
defendant City of Los Angeles (the City)
from implementing a program to trap, neuter
and release feral cats to the outdoors without conducting an adequate environmental review under the California Environmental Quality Act, Public Resources Code section 21000 et seq. (CEQA).
So everyone is starting afresh with a new judge, a new complaint
from the
plaintiff,
and new motions to dismiss
from the
defendants.
«In spite of these efforts,
and in light of the hazards that are here
and worsening,
Plaintiffs are spending,
and must continue to spend, millions of dollars to protect their property
and residents
from the impacts of climate change... Despite receiving the warning that «fossil fuel use should not be encouraged,»
Defendants spent decades selling
and promoting fossil fuels without disclosing the dangers that continued fossil fuel over-use posed.»
The
plaintiffs also employ wild leaps of logic divorced
from reality: «By hiding what they knew about,
and affirmatively misrepresenting the dangers of unabated fossil fuel use, the
Defendants protected fossil fuel demand,
and obstructed the changes needed to prevent or at least minimize the impacts of climate change.»
The National Petrochemical
Plaintiffs explain that there is no dispute that application of the «two factors» identified by
Defendants results in the following: (1) California's HCICO is assigned a CI [carbon intensity] value with less than half of the GHG emissions associated with its production
and transport; (2) California's HCICO is the only HCICO to qualify for this favorable treatment;
and (3) All HCICOs
from outside of California are required to account for all of the GHG emissions associated with their production
and transportation.
Evidence revealed
from profile searches has been used to prove that a
defendant had no remorse after committing a crime, to prove a
defendant's motive, as evidence of the crime itself or of an individual's participation in a crime,
and to show the extent of
plaintiffs» injuries after an accident.
This is a legal blawg of interest to lawyers who occasionally or regularly deal with clients,
plaintiffs,
defendants,
and witnesses
from other cultures or who encounter foreign - language evidence requiring foreign - language document translation in the course of litigation.
Defendants are producing Facebook images that depict a healthy, happy, hearty
plaintiff quite different
from the very same
plaintiff claiming pain
and suffering ruined their life.
Plaintiffs and defendant all filed motions for summary judgment, and on Feb. 2, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued a memorandum ruling in favor of plaintiffs and an order permanently barring Public.Resource.Org from posting any of the plaintiffs»
Plaintiffs and defendant all filed motions for summary judgment,
and on Feb. 2, U.S. District Judge Tanya S. Chutkan issued a memorandum ruling in favor of
plaintiffs and an order permanently barring Public.Resource.Org from posting any of the plaintiffs»
plaintiffs and an order permanently barring Public.Resource.Org
from posting any of the
plaintiffs»
plaintiffs» standards.
In two recent high profile US cases, one jury found for the
plaintiff where the two songs had almost nothing in common (Got ta Give it Up
and Blurred Lines) whereas in the other case, the jury found for the
defendant even though there was significant borrowing
from the
plaintiff's composition (Taurus
and Stairway to Heaven).
They include the notion that the method to stop such lawsuits should be cheap
and fast; put the onus on
plaintiffs to prove the litigation wasn't improper; balance the financial inequality between
plaintiffs and defendants;
and deter people
from launching them in the first place.
The
defendant took off a stencil of the phrase
from the computer
and showed the
plaintiff the stencil.
The
plaintiff subsequently refiled the case
and the
defendant asked to enforce the prior discovery
and evidentiary court orders
from the initial litigation.
Handling all aspects of the litigation process for
plaintiffs and defendants,
from pre-litigation advice through to the filing of a complaint, trial
and appeal.
Plaintiffs in this case are major food manufacturers (including Kraft, Kellogg's,
and General Mills) who purchased egg products
from egg supplier
defendants.
Trade Secret Litigation: advise
and represent
plaintiffs across various industries seeking to protect proprietary information
from competitors
and former employees; represent
defendants accused of trade secret misappropriation.
ICBC represented the
defendants (Funk
and Virk)
and were seeking direct production of the
plaintiff's records
from a third party.
Although indemnity exposure to a nonsettling
defendant is certainly a factor to be gauged in the good faith determination calculus, PacifiCare could not recover fees under Health
and Safety Code section 1371.25 given that the statutory provision's first sentence prevented
plaintiffs from holding PacifiCare vicariously liable for Bright's conduct or for recovering the attorney's fees PacificCare incurred in its defense of
plaintiffs» claims.
Plaintiff parents sued social hosts
and social companions for negligence, alleging they were responsible for injuries sustained by
plaintiffs» son Robert when, after drinking at
defendant's home, he jumped
from a fence
and was rendered a quadriplegic.
After receiving the
defendants» productions, the
plaintiffs» allegedly discovered that their signatures were forged on a number of leasing documents,
and commenced a fresh action claiming damages arising
from the alleged fraud.
[23] In my view, the
defendant and third party have not shown any meritorious reason for abrogating the
plaintiff's litigation privilege related to the information obtained by Dr. Coen
from the
plaintiff as a result of the referral to Dr. Coen by the
plaintiff's solicitor.
A jury found
defendant insurance broker liable to
plaintiff art gallery owner for damages resulting
from an insurance carrier's denial of a dealer fine art policy claim after
plaintiff sued insurer
and incurred fees in pursuing insurance coverage.
Acknowledging the issues were novel, the motions judge in SC v. NS concluded that the
defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the
plaintiff's documentary productions
from the civil case without first seeking directions
from the court as to whether
and how he could do so.
on November 30, 2015 the
plaintiff received a termination letter («Termination Letter»)
from the
defendant, offering twelve (12) months»
and contributions of benefits for two (2) months;
and
The case led to a nine - day trial, at which the
defendant hospital denied that the
plaintiff suffered
from CRPS,
and it claimed that if he did it was not a result of their negligence but instead caused by the procedures he later underwent to deal with his arm pain.
A broad range of experience representing both
plaintiffs and defendants in litigation -
from small, closely held companies to Fortune 500 companies - in every kind of case -
from commercial real estate disputes to alleged securities fraud to fights among business partners.
Earlier this month, an appellate court in Georgia issued a written opinion in a premises liability lawsuit brought by a number of people who were injured when the rear deck of a home owned by the
defendant and rented to several of the
plaintiffs disconnected
from the home
and fell to the ground.
This ruling upheld the award that the jury granted to the
plaintiff at trial,
and prevented the
defendant from avoiding responsibility for the
plaintiff's injuries.
[2] The
defendant already knows that the
plaintiff was abused as a child; that this event caused him emotional pain; that he attempted suicide; that he sought help
from the Elizabeth Fry Society; that he missed work prior to the motor vehicle accident;
and that he suffers
from borderline personality disorder
and depression.
Moving the chart control button (just below the chart)
from left to right alters the cost of capital differential between the
defendant and plaintiff from -30 % to +30 %.