Sentences with phrase «judicial rulings on»

There are many fact specific judicial rulings on how much compensation should be reduced for failing to wear a seat belt.

In 1984, for example, Gary L. Bauer, then the Reagan administration's deputy undersecretary of education, ignored contradictory research from the National Institute of Education and attributed disorder in the schools to 1970s - era judicial rulings on students» rights.

Not exact matches

A defiant Donald Trump has pledged to appeal against a federal judge's order placing an immediate halt on his revised travel ban, describing the ruling as judicial overreach that made the United States look weak.

These risks and uncertainties include competition and other economic conditions including fragmentation of the media landscape and competition from other media alternatives; changes in advertising demand, circulation levels and audience shares; the Company's ability to develop and grow its online businesses; the Company's reliance on revenue from printing and distributing third - party publications; changes in newsprint prices; macroeconomic trends and conditions; the Company's ability to adapt to technological changes; the Company's ability to realize benefits or synergies from acquisitions or divestitures or to operate its businesses effectively following acquisitions or divestitures; the Company's success in implementing expense mitigation efforts; the Company's reliance on third - party vendors for various services; adverse results from litigation, governmental investigations or tax - related proceedings or audits; the Company's ability to attract and retain employees; the Company's ability to satisfy pension and other postretirement employee benefit obligations; changes in accounting standards; the effect of labor strikes, lockouts and labor negotiations; regulatory and judicial rulings; the Company's indebtedness and ability to comply with debt covenants applicable to its debt facilities; the Company's ability to satisfy future capital and liquidity requirements; the Company's ability to access the credit and capital markets at the times and in the amounts needed and on acceptable terms; and other events beyond the Company's control that may result in unexpected adverse operating results.

This summary is based on the Code, U.S. Treasury Regulations promulgated thereunder, rulings and other administrative pronouncements issued by the IRS, and judicial decisions, all as in effect on the date of this information statement, and all of which are subject to differing interpretation and change at any time, possibly with retroactive effect.

Ruling on a petition filed by attorneys representing the youngest two of eight homeschooled children, the judicial panel....

Anthony Lewis on judicial activism and majority rule, International Herald Tribune, January 7, 2000.

A ruling in November, 2003 by the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts similarly affirmed «marital» rights for gay and lesbian couples and handed the matter on to the legislature of the Commonwealth.

(17) This contextualization can help us reflect on the judicial system in North America, for it allows us to penetrate the politicization of the rule of law when judgments are handed down that favor order over justice.

Religion was founded on the premise of making mankind better themselves through commandments or rules set down by a deific being who many believe in, in some form or another and the breaking of such will lead to dire consequences, a divine judicial branch.

In office, Lincoln gave effect to his position against judicial supremacy by consistently refusing to treat the Dred Scott decision as creating a rule of law binding on the executive branch.

However, on Tuesday, France's highest court for judicial matters, the Court of Cassation, ruled an undercover police officer's actions in the case had been unlawful, and ordered the Paris Court of Appeal to look again at the investigation's validity.

Are there clear, cut and dry rules on when a president can take executive action, or is it all up to the judicial branch's arbitrary discretion?

Kanu's lead counsel, Chuks Muoma had written a petition to the National Judicial Council (NJC), claiming that Tsoho made conflicting rulings on an application by the Department of State Services (DSS) to conduct a secret trial for him.

I have proposed a Prevention of Terrorism Bill, which would unwind the application of the Act and give us a proper terrorism law, ruling out the application of the HRA 1998 while insisting on habeas corpus, due process and fair trial on one hand, and guiding judicial interpretation of provisions during a public emergency on the other.

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Suspended Rochester City Court Judge Leticia Astacio is challenging the ruling by the Commission on Judicial Conduct to remove her from the bench.

The Project Sunlight database provides information on meetings between government representatives and outside individuals relating to state procurement, rate - making, regulatory matters, agency - based judicial or quasi-judicial proceedings, and the adoption or repeal of rules and regulations, according to a Cuomo press release.

Now that two judicial entities have definitively ruled that Martins is the winner and that nothing will change that result, it's time to move on.»

Citing a similar case in which the Supreme Court ruled that the President was not bound by the advice of the Council of State, Yaw Oppong stated that, it was however vital that the President is seen to have sought the advice of the Judicial Council on the issue, as stated by the Constitution.

«We also wish to ask — Why is Dangote, an international company which is also listed on the Nigerian Stock Exchange, so averse to letting the rule of the law and judicial process take its course?

Congress also uses modifications of straight Robert's Rules voting like the filibuster, holds, Senatorial privilege for judicial appointments, supermajority voting on treaties, «fast track voting» without amendments and similar variants.

Justice Adeniyi Ademola of Federal High Court 6 then adjourned the case to Wednesday last week for ruling on the two issues being sought by both prosecution and defence but the court failed to sit on that day because of a seminar organised for judges by the National Judicial Institute (NJI).

While accepting that the union had behaved properly in seeking a judicial review, Judge Mitting ruled that the court could not place a legal demand on the government to consult over its plans.

State rules on judicial conduct explicitly bar judges or judicial candidates from endorsing any other candidates for public office.

Erie County Legislator Joseph Lorigo sent a letter on Jan. 16, 2013 to Chairwoman Betty Jean Grant requesting that the Legislature hold a special session to act on his resolution that requests Erie County Clerk Christopher L. Jacobs withhold the names of pistol permit holders in Erie County from public release until the New York State Judicial System thoroughly reviews and rules on freedom of information requests pertaining to gun permit holders.

In a terse, five - page ruling on Wednesday, the Second Judicial Department Appeals Court agreed with the defense lawyers, saying the Brooklyn district attorney's office had indeed failed to turn over crucial evidence and had never corrected «the knowingly false or mistaken material testimony of a prosecution witness.»

On Wednesday, the seven - member state Commission on Judicial Compensation, a panel formed to rule on the issue of pay hikes, heard from several witnesses at a hearing in the Legislative Office BuildinOn Wednesday, the seven - member state Commission on Judicial Compensation, a panel formed to rule on the issue of pay hikes, heard from several witnesses at a hearing in the Legislative Office Buildinon Judicial Compensation, a panel formed to rule on the issue of pay hikes, heard from several witnesses at a hearing in the Legislative Office Buildinon the issue of pay hikes, heard from several witnesses at a hearing in the Legislative Office Building.

The State Supreme Judicial Court ruled on Tuesday that a ballot question to repeal the law can be placed on the statewide ballot on election day in November.

When the agenda turned to a related matter — proposed amendments to the ethics law, for which the board scheduled a public hearing on August 13 — Wilber announced that town attorney Rod Futerfas, citing a judicial precedent, had suggested that the board could proceed under the so - called Rule of Necessity.

Judge Rothstein serves on the Judicial Advisory Board of the American Society of International Law, the Board of the Rule of Law Initiative of the ABA, the Judicial Advisory Board of the Sedona Conference ®; the Board of the Institute of Judicial Administration at NYU Law School, and the Board of the Avon Global Center for Women and Justice at Cornell Law School.

On Tuesday, August 31, the Obama administration moved to block Lamberth's ruling, but it will take time before the judicial process comes to a resolution.

Under the option's new rules, a simple majority would be required to move forward on executive branch and judicial nominations (excluding those to the Supreme Court).

A strict reading of the state's education code and judicial precedents on home schooling from the 1950s and»60s clearly supported the ruling.

In deciding how to rule, New Jersey's court was guided by earlier decisions on behalf of the Abbott districts, stating, «Like anyone else, the State is not free to walk away from judicial orders enforcing constitutional obligations.»

Since then, numerous judicial rulings have answered the church - state question and created an environment in which more than $ 1 billion dollars in 19 states, both blue and red, is now being spent on various school choice programs.

The judicial review hearing on Tuesday in the high court in London is scheduled to last one day, with a ruling expected within a few months.

New Funding Pressures Next month the state Supreme Judicial Court will review the findings of a Superior Court judge who ruled in May that state funding for education is inadequate in poor districts despite the billions of dollar spent since 1993 on bringing struggling school districts up to a reasonable foundation budget.

Handing down a judgment on a judicial review brought against education secretary Nicky Morgan by six parents, Mr Justice Warby has ruled that an assertion made when the new GCSE was released in February was likely to lead schools to rely exclusively on the qualification to meet their legal obligations.

In addition, the broad ban on unfair or deceptive acts has also led the way to a wealth of rules and regulations [FN50] and significant judicial precedent.

(c) As to transactions entered into after May 20, 1996, a creditor shall have no liability under this chapter for any act or practice done or omitted in conformity with any (i) regulation of the administrator, or (ii) any rule, regulation, interpretation, or approval of any applicable Alabama or federal agency or any opinion of the Attorney General, notwithstanding that after such act or omission has occurred, the regulation, rule, interpretation, opinion, or approval is amended, rescinded, or determined by judicial or other authority to be invalid for any reason; provided, however, that any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, shall not have any effect on any litigation pending on May 20, 1996, nor shall any interpretation or opinion issued after May 20, 1996, have any effect on litigation if issued subsequent to filing of the litigation.

The Judicial Conference Advisory Committees on Bankruptcy and Civil Rules published a set of proposed amendments to the Federal Rules of Bankruptcy Procedure this summer that could modify how parties to a bankruptcy give notice of an adversary proceeding, how debtors give notice of a Chapter 13 plan, and how creditors make objections.

Siding with four teenage plaintiffs and the environmental groups that backed them, the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court on Tuesday ruled that the state has failed to fulfill its legal obligation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The Maine Supreme Judicial Court ruled recently that the 16 - turbine Bowers Mountain wind farm can not be built because of its unacceptably negative impact on Maine's scenic resources.

Two years ago, I wrote a post titled, In Litigation and Legal Research, Judge Analytics is the New Black, in which I discussed three products — Lex Machina, Ravel Law and ALM Judicial Perspectives — that were extracting data from court dockets and applying analytics to reveal insights about judges, such as how they might rule on a specific type of motion or how long they might take to issue a decision.

District Judge Chris Lethem — a member of the Civil Procedure Rule Committee and Judicial College trainer on costs — told us that he hardly ever saw applications to vary budgets.

We should be looking at how to sell a story about access to justice, judicial independence, or the Rule of Law in a way that does not just reaffirm lawyers» self image, but actually alters awareness and behaviour on a grander scale.

In a nutshell, the Court argued that if a court or tribunal potentially rules on a matter «covered by EU law» (para. 55), and if that court or tribunal is situated outside the EU judicial system, the autonomy of EU law is under threat, even if EU law is only occasionally relevant to the disputes over which arbitral tribunals exercise jurisdiction.

Since the Judicial Conference decided to allow each circuit to make their own rules on recording and broadcasting devices in 1996, only the Ninth Circuit and Second Circuit have allowed audio and video coverage of oral arguments.

On March 20, the Judicial Division of the Netherlands Council of State referred three cases concerning asylum seekers who claim to have been persecuted on account of their sexual orientation to the Court of Justice for a preliminary rulinOn March 20, the Judicial Division of the Netherlands Council of State referred three cases concerning asylum seekers who claim to have been persecuted on account of their sexual orientation to the Court of Justice for a preliminary rulinon account of their sexual orientation to the Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling.

Dec. 12, 2005), in which the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court rules on «trigger, nondisclosure and the obligations of [state - sponsored] guaranty funds that back now - insolvent insurance companies.»