Sentences with phrase «making federal trial judging»

Not exact matches

The Post's Spencer Hsu: «The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates imposed a gag order in the case Wednesday, ordering all parties, including potential witnesses, not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.

The federal judge overseeing the criminal trial of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and business partner Rick Gates imposed a gag order in the case Wednesday, ordering all parties, including potential witnesses, not to make statements that might prejudice jurors.

A decision made by a judge in a trial in a federal district court isn't binding on anyone, not even that judge.

Joiner has likely made this task more difficult by instructing trial judges that neither Daubert nor the Federal Rules of Evidence «requires a district court to admit opinion evidence which is connected to existing data only by the ipse dixit of the expert.

This denial comes in the wake of decisions recently made by federal judges in Vermont and California to block carmakers» attempts to strike down state tailpipe regulations; no doubt the lobbying efforts of several major companies, including Ford and Chrysler, helped «influence» Johnson's decision.In denying the waiver, Johnson chose to completely disregard the opinions of his staff who had recommended that he either approve it or authorize it for a trial period before reassessing it.

In its decision, the Ontario Court of Appeal noted the trial judge «made many errors» stating the original interpretation did not take into consideration that a two - step process involving consultation by both the province and the federal government is unnecessary, as the treaty right is protected.

Although the additional time that the federal judges took to make decisions is not dispositive of the result, it adds to the possibility that state judges viewing the heavy burden on summary judgment were and are less willing to grant these motions as a threshold matter and instead prefer to let cases proceed to trial or settlement.112 By contrast, the federal judges who take more time in coming to decisions may put more weight on the summary judgment motions if they are, on the balance, more willing to grant them.

It blamed over-crowded jails on accused persons» not applying for bail, which the federal Attorney General said was caused by judges» being overly generous by awarding 2 days off a sentence for every day spent awaiting trial for unconscionably long periods in bad jails, which the AG said made Cr.

Citing local media coverage of Joyce's federal indictment on fraud and money - laundering charges, a federal judge has made the rare decision to move Joyce's trial from the federal courthouse in Erie, where Joyce was indicted, to the federal courthouse in Pittsburgh.»

I start that process with this post about a huge mistake that I made some three years after I became a federal trial judge.

I suspect it'll help reading the two papers together, and Canadian lawyers should keep in mind that US federal court trial judges, generally, do not have the obligation to write opinions adequately explaining every decision they make, even if adequate is only two lines.