Sentences with phrase «justices ruled in favor»

But on a single day last June, the U.S. Supreme Court recast the argument over eminent domain in a way that has tremendous consequences for the real estate industry: In a five - four decision, the justices ruled in favor of the city of New London, Conn..

Also, the justices ruled in favor of a student debtor in a case involving student loans and bankruptcy that was being watched closely by many in banking and higher education.

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Kagan, Justice Sonia Sotomayor, and the court's other liberals appeared likely to rule in Hawaii's favor.

The second reason Newdow deserves close attention is that, although the court did not officially rule on the pledge's inclusion of the God - phrase, some justices took it upon themselves to argue in favor of it anyway.

(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.

A federal appeals court had ruled in favor of school officials in Plano, Texas, on the liability question, and the justices without comment let that decision stand.

Initially, the pair was turned aside, but in 1995, the European Court of Justice ruled in Bosman's favor, finally allowing players to change clubs without a transfer fee, once their contracts ran out.

Stephen Balkam, CEO of the Family Online Safety Institute, comments on the European Union Court of Justice's recent ruling in favor of a «right to be forgotten.»

Core Campus sued the town in August, and a State Supreme Court justice in March ruled in the developer's favor.

For example, last month, a Supreme Court justice in Brooklyn ruled in favor of an Empire Center position that public pension information should be made available for taxpayer inspection.

State Supreme Court Justice Elaine Slobod had earlier ruled in the petitioners» favor, in a matter represented by attorney Michael Sussman, that a two - thirds vote was needed.

A state Supreme Court Justice has ruled in favor of a Great Neck teacher who sued the state over its teacher evaluation model after she received an «ineffective» on the rating tied to students» test performance — one year after being rated «effective» for similar scores.

The six justices who ruled in favor of the Affordable Care Act said that in this case the context outweighs the plain language of the law.

Carr was referring to the July 2015 decision by Manhattan State Supreme Court Justice Alice Schlesinger, who ruled in favor of the Legal Aid Society, which had sought a summary of the accusations that were lodged against Officer Daniel Pantaleo prior to Garner's death in 2014 and substantiated by the Civilian Complaint Review Board.

State Supreme Court Justice Joseph Teresi ruled in favor of David Paterson this afternoon, declaring that when the governor calls a «special session,» every member of the 62 - person State Senate must present him - or herself at the same time — not, he noted, in the Democrat - Republican shifts with which they've been handling the situation thus far.

MAYVILLE - A New York State Supreme Court Justice has ruled in favor of the county landfill's expansion effort in the town of Ellery.

BY ANDY HUMM Justice Doris Ling - Cohan, a distinguished 20 - year veteran of the State Supreme Court bench and a hero to the LGBT community for her historic 2005 ruling in favor of same - sex marriage, was put through the ringer in recent weeks by a deeply flawed process of the New York County Democratic Party for nominating -LSB-...]

State Supreme Court Justice John A. Michalek on Thursday ruled in favor of a New York State Education Department's (NYSED) motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by the school.

A judge ruled in favor of the resident, which prompted Governor Andrew Cuomo to issue a statement, commending the ruling and pointing to what the Democrat calls the centerpiece of his criminal justice reform package — a plan to eliminate monetary bail all together for those facing misdemeanor or nonviolent felony charges.

Justice lawyers also filed their own 54 - page motion for summary judgment asking the court to rule in their favor.

David Savage wrote in the L.A. Times that «what was unclear from the argument was whether the justices would rule broadly in favor of church schools or focus narrowly on the playground because it had nothing to do with worshiping or teaching religion.»

The deadlocked decision, anticipated since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia, preserves Ninth Circuit Court's ruling in favor of the California Teachers Association (CTA) and upholds the constitutionality of public sector agency fees.

Now the justices seem more likely to split 4 - 4 along political lines, which would mean that the lower court's ruling, in favor or the California Teachers Union, would stand.

Friedrich's case made it to the Supreme Court, where a majority of justices seemed ready to rule in her favor and against the constitutionality of agency fees.

Perhaps most critically, in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, Justice Scalia was expected by some to be the swing vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in favor of the teachers, according to the Atlantic and Politico and others.

Perhaps most critically, in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, Justice Scalia was expected by some to be the swing vote in a 5 - 4 ruling in favor of the teachers.

The Dutch courts have ruled in favor of Tom Kabinet because of the 2012 decision by the Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU), which ruled in a dispute between Oracle and UsedSoft that the trading of «used» software licenses is legal and that the author of such software can not oppose any resale.

More below the fold.The court's ruling was 5 - 4 in favor of the Navy who justices said needed to conduct realistic exercises to respond to enemy submarines.

With breathtaking speed, the Justices rule 9 - 0 in favor of the pro-life advocates.

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With respect to campaign donations made prior to rulings, justices included in the study ruled in favor of donors 59 percent at the time.

After a protracted arbitration process and final hearing — which involved two separate state court appeals — the Arbitrator, a former Chief Justice of the Florida Supreme Court, ruled in favor of the health system respondents on liability, and awarded no damages to the physician - limited partner on any of his arbitration claims.

The petitioner is asking that the immediate custodian rule, which applies to normal federal prisoners, be ignored in favor of a rule which would provide more equal justice to all immigration detainees.

You must convince the court that a ruling or decision in your client's favor is not only legally correct, but comports with basic notions of justice, due process and fair play.

Five justices supported the ruling in favor of Reynolds, with two dissenting.

They reached this ruling despite sharing Facebook's concerns: «Facebook users share more intimate personal information through their Facebook accounts than may be revealed through rummaging about one's home,» Justice Dianne Renwick wrote in her opinion for the New York Supreme Court, which ruled 5 to 0 in favor of the DA's office.

Justice Thomas believed that the methods employed by the State had long been sufficient to satisfy the requirements of due process and so the lower court's rulings in favor of the State should have been affirmed.