Sentences with phrase «lawsuit made it to the courts»

The resulting lawsuit made it to the Court of Appeals, where the final decision determined that while Espada's enrollment could not be challenged based on his legislative record, the party's county chair did indeed have the power, as described in state election law, to «determine that the voter is not in sympathy with the principles of such party.»

Not exact matches

In a court ruling authorizing the arrests, Brazilian federal judge André Duszczak said «Faria and other BRF officers sought to cover up claims of possible food contamination, as shown in certain laboratory tests, made by a former employee in a labor lawsuit.»

Feb 20 (Reuters)-- Lockheed Martin Corp agreed to pay $ 62 million to settle a lawsuit in which employees accused the defense contractor of mismanaging their 401 (k) retirement plan, court papers made public on Friday show.

Now local legislatures can make such changes without explanation, and it's up to voters to try to challenge them in lawsuits, and to do so often on an tight timetable, since courts won't want to change voting rules close to an election.

Those include a shareholder lawsuit before a court in the German town of Braunschweig that alleges company officials were too slow in disclosing the scandal, depriving investors of information they needed to make decisions about their holdings.

Workplace whoopee has remained a hot topic since the 1998 U.S. Supreme Court decision in Burlington Industries Inc. v. Ellerth, which makes it easier for employees to file sexual - harassment lawsuits even if they can't show significant job - related consequences.

The accusations, made in a filing late Tuesday in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of California, are counterclaims to a Qualcomm lawsuit filed in May seeking to force the contractors to pay Qualcomm license fees that Apple directed them to stop paying.

The civil lawsuit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in Santa Monica, accuses Weinstein of causing Judd to lose a part in 1998 in the film «The Lord of the Rings» by making «baseless smears» against her.

(CNN)- A Catholic hospital in hot water for claiming in a Colorado court that a fetus is not a person backtracked on Monday, saying it was «morally wrong» to make the argument while defending itself in a wrongful death lawsuit.

In the early 1960s, Madalyn O'Hair, an atheist communist filed a lawsuit against prayer in public schools that made it's way all the way to the Supreme Court of the U.S..

Small claims court cases are much cheaper than superior court cases for both the plaintiff (the person doing the suing) and the defendant (the person being sued) because the parties are not allowed to have any attorneys represent them and other rules that simplify the lawsuit process, making the whole thing much cheaper, faster, and easier.

That's when union drivers claimed they «feared for their lives» and refused to make deliveries, alleges Related Cos. subsidiary Hudson Yards Construction LLC in a second Manhattan Supreme Court lawsuit filed Saturday.

On Thursday, State Supreme Court Justice Catherine Panepinto denied a motion by Cuomo and Office of Mental Health Commissioner Ann Sullivan to dismiss the lawsuit made by Save Our Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center Coalition.

In a ruling issued earlier this month, but was made known yesterday, a Livingston County court judge allowed a lawsuit against the state's same - sex marriage law to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the case.

«Taxpayers prevailed today as yet another meritless special interest lawsuit that sought to undo the progress made under Governor Cuomo failed in the courts,» said Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi.

THE BRONX — The New York Botanical Garden discriminated against minority students and made a «lowball» offer to avoid hiring an observant Jew, according a civil rights lawsuit filed in Manhattan Federal Court on Wednesday.

The revised lawsuit in Manhattan federal court alleges FedEx made nearly 33,000 illegal shipments of cigarettes to consumers in New York state between 2006 and 2012.

The lawsuit goes to court Thursday, when a judge is expected to make a ruling on the legality of the raises.

ALBANY, NY (12/28/2011)(readMedia)-- A coalition of CSEA, PEF, UUP, NYSCOPBA, NYSTPBA, NYSPIA, and AFSCME Council 82, unions representing virtually all of New York State employees have filed lawsuits in federal court challenging the Cuomo Administration's unilateral increase in the percentage of health insurance contributions required of state retirees.The legal challenge applies to changes made by the administration this fall and covers state employees who have retired and seen their share of health insurance premium increase beyond the level at which they retired.

Senate Republicans, the state Attorney General's office and civil rights groups were all in Albany County Supreme Court to make their case in a GOP - led lawsuit over where... Continue reading →

«Taxpayers prevailed today as yet another meritless special interest lawsuit that sought to undo the progress made under Gov. Cuomo failed in the courts,» Rich Azzopardi said.

Commerce made the memos public as part of its response to a lawsuit filed in July in U.S. District Court in Washington by Ocean Conservancy and the Environmental Defense Fund.

She said her group, which several years ago filed the lawsuit that forced the Interior Department into making a decision on the sage grouse, would carefully read and consider the management plans before deciding whether to challenge the decision in court.

The court reported concluded that the ex-showman suffered from dementia caused by repeated head trauma, something which is sure to make its way into the latest lawsuit.

«Ha, Depp wants to make social commentary: Johnny Depp's team knew of alleged abuse of Amber Heard,» the younger Trump tweeted Friday, invoking the rocky end of the actor's marriage to his «Rum Diary» co-star and including a link to a Daily Mail story referencing court documents related to the actor's lawsuit against his former managers.

They alleged in new court documents, obtained by People magazine, that both Cruise and director Doug Liman contributed in part to the accident by making excessive demands on the pilots for the purpose of filming multiple takes — though they themselves are not actually named in the lawsuit.

There are plenty of Hollywood lawsuits that never actually make it to court, with judges throwing them out before they can get that far - but in this most recent instance, the folks at Warner Bros. aren't that lucky.

But the 82 - year - old retired school administrator — whose 1977 move to charge the families of undocumented children here $ 1,000 per student to attend public schools sparked a federal lawsuit — has more than made his peace with the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling against him and the school system in Plyler v. Doe.

While it may never be known how many of these changes were made because of the threat posed by the lawsuit, the CFE case seems to highlight, if nothing else, the many - and many significant - contending powers that locked horns in court.

His work spreading charters under sometimes - rogue arrangements made him unpopular with school districts and led to a flurry of lawsuits, some of which are still winding their way through the courts.

But the union and other supporters of the lawsuit have made no such claim, and Lefkowitz reminded the court that lawyers for the plaintiffs had a chance to make those claims when the case was first heard in circuit court, but declined to do so.

Back in 2009, when Amazon settled the lawsuit over its remote deletion of Orwell's Nineteen Eighty - Four (you really can't make this stuff up), it promised that it would not perform any further deletions unless ordered to do so by a court.

What the lawsuits relate to is not yet certain as the court has made them available only to the legal counsels of the parties involved.

In April, the U.S. Justice Department filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in New York making very similar allegations to the civil case and citing much of the same evidence.

The self - publishing division was the subject of a lawsuit in the US, which was settled out of court last August, during which the business faced accusations from plaintiff authors of seeking to make money from authors, rather than for authors.

In the lawsuit, NCLC asks the court to declare that the department's search was inadequate and its withholding of the records is unlawful, and to order the agency to make the requested records available without delay.

On March 29th 2016, the ACCC announced that the Australian Federal Court had ruled in their favour in the lawsuit, stating that certain sections of Valve's «Steam subscriber agreement» and «Steam refund policy» we're in violation of Australian Consumer Law, and that by making their goods available to Australians, they were conducting business on Australian soil, and are thus bound by our laws.

A consent decree, signed by the Attorney General and both parties in the lawsuit and pending court approval, outlined additional fiscal and administrative oversight of the school by the Attorney General and made provisions for students, alumni, and faculty, who would work with the Board of Trustees to determine how Cooper Union could return to a tuition - free school.

The lawsuit makes clear that the plaintiffs aren't asking for the court to stop fossil fuel production in Colorado, or elsewhere, and they aren't asking for emissions regulations.

The high court in its ruling in Garcetti v. Ceballos made it more difficult for government employees to file lawsuits claiming they were the victims of retaliation for going public with allegations of misconduct, according to reports.

This week, the recipient of such a threat made a pre-emptive strike, filing a lawsuit in a federal court in California seeking a declaratory judgment that the First Amendment applies even to the almighty iPhone.

But as we've seen and discussed here, Lohan does not hesitate to go to court when she thinks she is being made fun of, such as when she filed a lawsuit against E-Trade over its funny commercial that referred to «that milk - o - holic Lindsay.»

As if the facts above weren't great enough for a contracts exam question, the case is further complicated by the fact that (a) brother Troy, not Bakaysa, bought the winning ticket, and (b) Connecticut law makes gambling contracts illegal (which led the lower court to dismiss Sokaitis» lawsuit seeking her share).

@Unicorn13601 IANAL, but depending on the consent of the court it might be better to plead nolo contendere because pleading guilty in a criminal case makes further civil lawsuits easier.

This means that the worker has the option of either making a claim for WSIB benefits OR opting to sue for pain and suffering and all other losses through the court system in a civil lawsuit.

To illustrate, this means statements made in court, including court documents like the Statement of Claim by which a sexual abuse plaintiff starts a lawsuit, are protected by absolute privilege.

The filing of the lawsuit or filing the case, is when you actually submit documents to the court asking that the court makes a decision about who is at fault and how much has to be paid.

For example, the ACLU of Massachusetts, the national ACLU, and the Electronic Frontier Foundation recently filed a lawsuit in federal court in Massachusetts on behalf of 11 travelers whose personal electronics were searched at the border without a warrant, seeking a ruling that such searches can not be made except pursuant to a warrant based upon probable cause.

Courts award victims in medical malpractice lawsuits financial compensation to help made the plaintiff «whole again» and put their lives back together.

Illinois Lawsuit Abuse Watch will be watching to see if improvements in the McLean County courts are being made or if the jurisdiction continues to sink lower into «hellhole» status.