Sentences with phrase «granted legal standing»

Citing Hope Sandrow's environmental concerns as prominent theme in her art since the mid-1980s, as well as her incorporating art history into her work, helped sway the court's decision to grant her legal standing.

By coincidence, part of Macerl's property fell within the pollution zone outlined in Lafarge's plans, granting him legal standing to challenge the permit application.

Not exact matches

The institute dropped the lawsuit after EPA attorneys argued that the group lacked legal standing to bring the litigation; the agency also pointed to a 1999 decision by the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals that concluded that receipt of grant money didn't mean that advisory committee members were «susceptible to improper influence.»

But even if our positive law could allow for the proposition that animals have sufficient legal interest to institute actions, granting this standing implies that animals have rights worthy of being protected in Court.

A recent New York Times article goes further and raises the question whether animals could be granted private legal standing themselves to sue their captors.

We loved our 2017 tour to Europe and start - ups based on the continent can still get involved with us this summer by entering a pitching competition to win a travel grant (and an exhibitor stand slot) to attend the 2018 Legal Geek Conference in London.

Chief Justice Fraser would have granted the applicants public interest standing and reviewed the chambers judge's conclusion that the application was an abuse of process because it was not brought before the courts by way of the proper legal vehicle.

In a unanimous decision, the Supreme Court decided in favour Kiselbach and SWUAV and laid out a more flexible version of the legal test for courts deciding whether to grant public interest standing in future.

In some states, courts review and grant legal separation agreements, while in others, the agreement stands as a contract between the parties.

I'm not knowledgeable regarding the legal standing of such a statement, but your comment above... «The point here, of course is, that if significant time and money is spent by a cooperative joint venture, should (and under what terms) the Tribunal or the courts be permitted to grant access?»

3d 1016A)- salesperson's motion for summary judgment for commission against her broker granted; broker and salesperson orally agreed that broker would pay half of any commission that broker received to salesperson where salesperson was the procuring cause of sale generating the commission; broker refused to pay salesperson's commission on grounds that commission was not paid to broker on legal grounds but upon long standing ties with other brokerage firm and that salesperson did not do her job competently and professionally; court determined that in the course of performance it is the fact of payment of commission to the broker that triggers payment to the salesperson; judgment for salesperson for $ 11,250.00