Sentences with phrase «individual federal court judges»

The legal research service Ravel Law, which last year launched Judge Analytics to provide analysis of how individual federal court judges make decisions, today is launching Court Analytics, a similar feature that applies analytics to an entire court, including all its cases and judges.

Not exact matches

The lawsuits, each filed by individual artists in a US federal court in Los Angeles, ask a judge to create a class - action suit in which other alleged victims can collectively seek damages.

The court ruling, by Manhattan federal Judge Paul Crotty, threw out New York's $ 150,000 cap on how much money an individual can contribute to independent political - action committees that back candidates.

At the request of the Federal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General, a federal district court judge has entered eight orders against an intertwined web of Orlando - based individuals and companies that bombarded consumers with illegal robocalls from «Card Member Services,» pitching worthless credit card interest rate reduction prFederal Trade Commission and the Florida Office of the Attorney General, a federal district court judge has entered eight orders against an intertwined web of Orlando - based individuals and companies that bombarded consumers with illegal robocalls from «Card Member Services,» pitching worthless credit card interest rate reduction prfederal district court judge has entered eight orders against an intertwined web of Orlando - based individuals and companies that bombarded consumers with illegal robocalls from «Card Member Services,» pitching worthless credit card interest rate reduction programs.

Because laws which are facially neutral may «unintentionally have a disproportionate or adverse effect on a group or individual» (at para 36), the Federal Court of Appeal proceeded, where the trial judge did not, to consider «whether the provisions of the ITA, while not directly discriminating on the basis of gender and family status, did so indirectly and unintentionally» (at para 36).

But my initial reaction is that it's unfortunate (but not surprising) that for both Supreme Court nominations, the president has chosen well - connected insiders with ties to the executive branch, rather than individuals who are more likely to bring a more «independent» perspective to issues of government and especially presidential power... On the other hand, I'm pleased that Miers is (a) not from an elite law school; (b) not a federal judge; and (c) spent the vast majority of her career outside the beltway.

Some flaws are structural; others involve poor management of the judiciary as a whole and of individual courts and judges; a third set concerns «deficiencies in how federal judges decide cases and justify their decisions in judicial opinions,» including a mechanical formalism and an unwillingness to confront openly the task of solving complex problems.

First, some states use a summary judgment standard that is less favorable to the moving party than that in federal court.92 Second, federal court judges handle cases from start to finish, whereas many state court cases are not assigned to individual judges until trial.

If the Ministers agree that an individual is inadmissible, they sign a Security Certificate together, the individual is arrested, and the Ministers refer the certificate to the Federal Court where a judge reviews the evidence, and determines the «reasonableness» (i.e. whether to «uphold» or «vacate») of the Security Certificate.

Before it was created, a Named Individual had to rely on the Federal Court Judge to consider their interest.

Finally, if the Court concludes that the Second Amendment secures an individual right aimed partly at self - defense, thus endorsing the view expressed by Congress and by the White House Office of Legal Counsel, though only by a minority of federal circuit judges, then some right to self - defense might be inherently protected through the Second Amendment.

The majority of Court held the procedure provided for resulted in the position of the Federal Court Judge not being an independent one but rather «a position equivalent to that of a ministerial adviser» [43] and that this compromised «public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary as institution or in the capacity of the individual judge to perform his or her judicial functions with integrity&raJudge not being an independent one but rather «a position equivalent to that of a ministerial adviser» [43] and that this compromised «public confidence in the integrity of the judiciary as institution or in the capacity of the individual judge to perform his or her judicial functions with integrity&rajudge to perform his or her judicial functions with integrity».