Sentences with phrase «legal appeal case»

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Earlier this week, the U.S. Department of Justice filed a legal brief in an appeals court case, arguing against workplace discrimination protection for employees who are gay.

DUBLIN Facebook bid on Monday to block referral of a landmark privacy case to Europe's top court by requesting a last - ditch appeal, seeking to avoid a potential ban on the legal instrument it uses to transfer users» data to the United States.

Qualcomm has appealed the South Korean fine in court and contends the FTC's case, which was filed in the waning days of the Obama administration, is based on a flawed legal theory and fails to show harm.

DUBLIN (Reuters)- Facebook bid on Monday to block referral of a landmark privacy case to Europe's top court by requesting a last - ditch appeal, seeking to avoid a potential ban on the legal instrument it uses to transfer users» data to the United States.

Update (Jan. 16): Pakistan's Supreme Court has dismissed a final appeal in against Rimsha Masih in her blasphemy case, effectively ending all legal proceedings on the issue.

Now, a new podcast hopes to provide even more answers about Syed's legal case (he is currently appealing) and the murder of his then 17 - year - old girlfriend Hai Min Lee.

While the second is technically true, it should be pointed out that defense lawyers have, for years, intentionally run up the cost to the state by presenting multiple appeals, even based on little to no actual legal cause, in order to drive up the cost of death penalty cases.

Athens Court of Appeals (21.03.1979; Case No: 2658/79): «The Turkish military INTERVENTION in Cyprus, which was carried out in accordance with the Zurich and London Accords, was LEGAL.

The government has won a legal case which could have major implications for future benefit appeals.

Campaigners against legal aid cuts won a major victory today, after the court of appeal allowed a case to go ahead on the impact of the reform on prisoners.

Last month, the Court of Appeal decided that he can be joined to the legal case of the late Tony Nicklinson, who was also seeking to establish the right to a doctor - assisted death.

Paladino is appealing the NYSED decision to state Supreme Court, though his effort to block the board from appointing his replacement while his case works its way through the legal system was denied.

The government stated that there are 1,390 cases on civil litigations (legal disputes between two or more parties that seek money damages or specific performance rather than criminal sanctions) in Magistrate, High Courts, Court of Appeal and Supreme Court of Nigeria.

5.3 All the people of Rep. of Cyprus (even the President of RoC) MUST apply to the LEGAL SYSTEM of Northern Cyprus about an issue related with north Cyprus in order to take their cases to the ECtHR: ECtHR 04.01.2011 decision: «the procedure before the Immovable Property Commission («IPC»), and further appeal to the «TRNC» High Administrative Court, provided for in Law 67/2005, were to be regarded as «domestic remedies» of the respondent State and that NO GROUND OF EXEMPTION has been established in that regard».

May's decision to appeal, which was criticised as a waste of taxpayers» money in legal quarters, came despite the judges hearing from legal teams in three separate cases.

After the 2nd Circuit ruled last week, the three - judge panel hearing the appeal in the Skelos case asked lawyers to submit additional legal arguments in light of the Silver decision.

Meanwhile, a legal case, Tirkey v. Chandhok, in which caste played a small part, went to appeal and so could have been used as a precedent.

Of course, the real disproportionate cost comes when ministers appeal unwinnable legal cases without any fear of financial scrutiny.

Stringer, along with dozens of elected officials and housing advocates, signed onto amicus briefs, or legal papers, urging the Court of Appeals to give the tenants a chance to make their case.

Since the case is going to the Appeal court for further judicial review, it is now time to allow the judges to perform their constitutional roles before we further engage in distractive media trial over a simple legal matter.

He said, «The trial judge distinguished the Lagos State case from the present one, and held that whereas the court of Appeal so held against Lagos State environmental sanitation days on the ground of same not being a creation of law thus could not be enforced against the plaintiff therein, whereas the Oyo State environmental sanitation days are held pursuant to the provisions of the Oyo State Environmental Law of 2012, 2015, and regulations made thereunder, making the Oyo State exercise legal and constitutional unlike the scenario created in the Lagos case.

The BHA has made its comments in light of a new legal case launched by Tony Nicklinson which seeks clarity in the law on murder and assisted dying, and ahead of an appeal later today in the case of Frances Inglis, who was given a life sentence earlier this year after being found guilty of murder after giving her permanently brain - damaged son a lethal heroin overdose.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minnesota (CNN)- Perhaps laying the groundwork for an appeal to a higher court, Republican Norm Coleman's attorneys are beginning to publicly question the three - judge panel presiding over his post-election legal battle, saying Wednesday that the judges are creating a «real problem» by not reconsidering their ruling from Friday that put a damper on much of Coleman's case over rejected absentee ballots.

The U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals on Tuesday will hear oral arguments in the case of Shew vs. Malloy, a legal challenge to the key provisions of Connecticut's post-Newtown gun control legislation.

In Bruno's case, the appeals court allowed for a retrial, but Bruno was ultimately acquitted by a jury in 2014, and subsequently won a reimbursement of $ 1.8 million in legal fees from the state.

A day after former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction, legal experts said Tuesday appeals are likely to focus in part on the government's aggressive use of «honest services fraud» charges in public corruption cases — the same issue ex-Senate leader Joe Bruno used to erase his corruption conviction.

A federal appeals court's decision to overturn the convictions of former New York State Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver shows how public corruption cases have become much more difficult to substantiate in the wake of a Supreme Court decision narrowing what qualifies as corruption, legal analysts said.

With the legal case still ongoing (it's currently on appeal in a federal court in New Orleans) and the possibility of future complications, DEMS scientists wasted no time publishing either paper (available here and here; NCI and NIOSH also summarized the results here and here).

Less than a month after a New York state appeals court ruled that chimpanzees do not have legal rights and can not be released from captivity, a case involving a second chimp has been dismissed

Legal experts have predicted that the plaintiffs will lose in the appeals court and will take their case to the U.S. Supreme Court, where their chances of success also seem slim.

The Bush administration has reversed an earlier stance taken by the federal government on a legal appeal dealing with the burden of proof in special education cases, choosing to support the position taken by a Maryland school district in a case pending before the U.S. Supreme Court.

The U.S. Supreme Court will take up an appeal examining whether Title IX provides the exclusive legal remedy for cases of sex discrimination in public schools.

Other legal pundits think the case will be overturned on appeal, however.

A pending Supreme Court appeal of this essential case may set a legal precedent that will drive the still broiling debate over longstanding funding inequalities between North Carolina's wealthy and impoverished counties.

Nearly a decade after complaints first emerged, L.A. Unified estimates it is out $ 2 million in salary and legal costs, and the case remains on appeal.

Apple though should not be expected to take this ruling without an appeal in which case there would be further rounds of legal activity pending.

At present, tenants get free legal advice, and can significantly prolong the case using counter-complaints, adjournments and appeals — plus, there's no consequence for frivolous or malicious use of the court's time.

As to the outcome of the appeal, I have read both the State's appeal and GYRO's response and my opinion, having absolutely no legal background, is that I don't see that the State has much of a case; they seem to have thrown themselves on the mercy of the court and asked the judge to be «fair» to the people of New York who will have to pay the large settlement cost.

One of the most notable legal challenges was in 2004 wherein the court denied the Idaho Power Co. appeal of a $ 17 million judgment in a stray - voltage case again involving dairy cows.

Oh, and just in case you didn't know, Activision boss Bobby Kotick has had to shell out over 1 million dollars in unpaid legal fees after a failed appeals court bid to reduce the amount.

In that case, the Supreme Court will be considering the controversial decision of the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, which ruled that the Alien Tort Statute (which allows lawsuits in U.S. courts for violations of international law) does not create a legal basis for such suits against corporations.

The ruling by appeals court judges — in a case that drew heavy state and industry legal opposition — reinterprets the mission of the Colorado Oil and Gas Conservation Commission to require more than balancing industry interests with protection of people and the environment.

This argument is based on a legal theory that has never been tested before, and the outcome — at least at the first stage of the litigation — may be heavily influenced by which three judges happen to be randomly assigned to sit on the panel that hears the case; a broad range of political viewpoints are represented on the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, which hears such cases.

The Trump administration sought an appeal of the case, but last month, a three - judge panel with the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco denied the White House's writ of mandamus petition, a rarely used legal maneuver that would have dismissed the case.

The High Court gave Friends of the Earth and Help the Aged permission to appeal because the case raised difficult and novel legal questions.

Mrs Stoker lost a libel case against her in 2016 and has now lost a subsequent appeal, resulting in a hefty legal bill, estimated at # 300,000.

After an Odyssey of nearly 10 years, the legal proceedings of Switzerland against German restrictions on flights to and from Zurich airport have come to an end: The CJEU, in its judgement delivered on 7 March 2013 (Case C ‑ 547 / 10 P), has rejected Switzerland's appeal against the judgment of the General Court of 9 September 2010 (Case T ‑ 319 / 05), by which the General Court had rejected Switzerland «s action for annulment against Commission Decision 2004 / 12 / EC of 5 December 2003 (OJ 2004 L 4, p. 13), thus allowing Germany to continue to apply unilateral restrictions on flights to and from Zurich airport over German territory.

By now they had the benefit of legal advice and they made a rare appeal to the full Grand Chamber of the ECtHR: a court of 17 judges considered their case.

Key factors the study looked at in assigning grades were whether state law mandates the appointment of attorneys for children in dependency proceedings; whether these attorneys represent the children in a client - directed manner; whether the representation continues throughout the case, including appeal; whether states provide attorneys with specialized training; whether the child is given the legal status of a party to the proceedings; and whether rules pertaining to confidentiality and immunity from liability apply to attorneys representing these children.

After the client appealed the fees to an assessment officer, a source provided the client's affidavit in the matter to Thornton, who then used it to write columns about the high legal costs in family law cases.