Sentences with phrase «many federal district judges»

In a blow to independent contractors for transportation companies seeking to be classified as employees of the firms they work with, a federal district judge in Massachusetts ruled the state's independent - contractor law failed to override a 1994 federal statute pre-empting state regulation of a motor carrier's rates, routes and services.

Said Virginia federal district judge Claude Hilton: «The First Amendment does not recognize exceptions for bigotry, racism, and religious intolerance or ideas or matters some may deem trivial, vulgar or profane.»

On September 10 Federal District Judge Robert D. Potter ordered an end to the school busing system in the Charlotte - Mecklenburg (North Carolina) School District.

The controversy over the injunction issued in October 1997 by Alabama Federal District Judge Ira M. DeMent restricting religious activity in public schools, as well as the continuing controversy in the state concerning Judge Roy Moore's courtroom display of the Ten Commandments, can be....

For example, in case number 87 C 10746, Gutzmacher v. Public Building Commission, in U.S. District Court for the Northern District ofIllinois, Eastern Division, Senior Federal District Judge James B. Parson ruled on Dec. 4, 1989 that the Public Building Commission was enjoined from discriminating against all forms of religious expression and ordered the Public Building Commission to permit Gutzmacher to erect a nativity scene display during the Christmas season,» added Scholten.

1)[The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments HIGHLIGHTS....]

The recent decisions of federal district judges Nicholas Garaufis and Shira Scheindlin in cases involving the New York City Fire and Police Departments highlights the importance of the Senate's role in recommending federal judges to the President and in confirming judges who are neutral arbiters of disputes.

The state's chief administrative judge argued a pay raise consistent with federal district judges — who make $ 174,000 — would not be appropriate if not adjusted for inflation because federal judges have not had cost - of - living increases since 2009.

Pfau testified an increase consistent with federal district judges — who make $ 174,000 — would not be appropriate if not adjusted for inflation because federal judges have not had cost - of - living increases since 2009.

Topical lectures will include discussions on the responsibility of the scientific community to address sexual harassment by Meg Urry of Yale University; solutions to the opioid crisis by Nora Volkow, director of the National Institute on Drug Abuse; the future of science in Africa by Thomas Kariuki of the African Academy of Sciences; forensic science and the law by federal district judge Jed Rakoff; music for brain health by Nina Kraus of Northwestern University; the violence of migration by anthropologist Jason De León of the University of Michigan; and more.

In January 2012, a federal district judge in Colorado reached the opposite conclusion, ruling that a criminal defendant could be compelled under the All Writs Act to type in the password that would unlock a Toshiba Satellite laptop.

Intelligent design (ID) has no place in a science classroom, a Pennsylvania federal district judge ruled today.

A panel of judges from the U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals is expected to rule this week on whether a temporary halt placed on the order by a federal district judge should be kept in place.

Federal District Judge Lawrence J. O'Neill, Eastern District of California, ruled on Thursday that the State of California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) program is in violation of the Commerce Clause of the US Constitution and issued an injunction prohibiting its enforcement.

Data show black federal district judges are overturned on appeal 10 percent more often than white judges.

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit, acting in a case that has been closely monitored across the nation, has upheld a federal district judge's order freezing $ 47.5 - million in Education Department funds pending the Reagan Administration's payment of desegregation aid to Chicago's schools.

Nashville, Tenn. — A federal district judge here has ruled unconstitutional a state law requiring a minute of silence at the beginning of each school day «for meditation or prayer or personal beliefs.»

The ruling by U.S. District Judge Dickinson R. Debevoise was the third such ruling by a federal district judge against similar state laws within the past year.

Washington — The chairman of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, in strongly worded letters to the Secretary of Education and the Attorney General, has warned that a recent decision by a federal district judge could be interpreted as exempting local school programs funded under the new federal education block grant from compliance with civil - rights laws protecting the rights of women, the handicapped, and minorities.

She sued, and a federal district judge ruled in 1998 that the district could not restrain her speech about her sexual orientation.

Newark — A federal district judge has declared New Jersey's «moment - of - silence» law an unconstitutional attempt to circumvent the U.S. Supreme Court's ban on state - sanctioned prayer in public schools.

A federal district judge has approved a $ 200 million property - damage settlement between most of the nation's school districts and several major asbestos manufacturers.

A federal district judge has ruled that the Maryland legislature had a right to reform the public employees» retirement system, despite allegations by the Maryland State Teachers» Association and other unions that in doing so the state violated a contract agreement.

A federal district judge ruled that the display is an unconstitutional government establishment of religion.

Both a federal district judge and the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit had ruled in favor of a student who had challenged the display of Warner Sallman's «Head of Christ» at Bloomingdale...

The Louisiana law requiring that «creation science» be taught alongside evolution theory is unconstitutional because it «promotes the beliefs of some theistic sects to the detriment of others,» a federal district judge ruled this month.

An inter-district desegregation lawsuit in St. Louis appeared near resolution last week as a federal district judge agreed to postpone for seven days a hearing to determine the liability of eight suburban school districts for segregation in the city's schools.

Trying to save face and still limit the reach of the voucher program, Holder and DOJ asked federal district judge Ivan Lemelle to force the state to provide data on the students receiving vouchers and to give DOJ authority to veto vouchers for particular students.

In what experts are calling the most significant court test to date of the concept of «comparable worth,» a federal district judge ruled this month that the state of Washington was guilty of wage discrimination in paying women employees less than men performing similar kinds of work.

In 2000, a federal district judge ruled that Arizona was violating this relatively obscure law, both by not spending enough on its Lau programs — a reference to a Supreme Court decision of 1974 and regulations of the federal Office for Civil Rights — and by failing to provide enough teachers, aides, classrooms, materials, and tutoring.

W. Brevard Hand, a federal district judge in Alabama, in upholding that state's school - prayer laws last month, said that the Supreme Court «erred in its reading...

A federal district judge can order increases in property taxes, but not income taxes, to fund costly school - desegregation remedies in Kansas City, Mo., an appellate panel has ruled.

The Justice Department stepped up its attack on race - and gender - conscious affirmative - action plans last week, asking a federal district judge to modify hiring goals for Indianapolis» police and fire departments.

But in 2014, a federal district judge ruled against them, concluding that while the rating system seemed clearly unfair, it was nonetheless still legal.

Unfortunately, a federal district judge ruled against Tangi, ordering the school to forfeit its entire local share of education funding from the Minimum Foundation Program (MFP) to TPSB.

There's a lot regarding the history of the intelligent design movement available on the web, including the entire transcript of the trial in Dover during which the conservative Bush - appointed federal district judge became convinced that it is nothing more than old testament - based creationism with a new label.

A federal district judge ruled Friday that the Bureau of Land Management violated the law when it made 80 billion tons of coal available for leasing and opened up more than 8 million acres for oil and gas development in the Powder River Basin without first assessing the environmental risks or considering any alternatives.

Posts describe the challenges facing federal district judges — insufficient funding of the courts chief among them — and share the author's memories from his career as a lawyer and judge.

In an unusual example of judicial defiance, an on - his - way - out bankruptcy judge is siding with an out - of - work and deep - in - debt law grad and issuing a rebuke to the federal district judge who overruled him.

Much is made of the fact that Sonia Sotomayor was a federal district judge before she was named to the federal appeals court.

It includes Christine Arguello, a Mexican - American appointed a U.S. district judge by President Bush last year; Ruben Castillo, a Mexican - American who has been a federal district judge for 15 years; Nora Demleitner, Hofstra Law dean; JoAnne Epps, Temple Law dean; Caitlin Halligan, former solicitor general of New York, now in private practice; Johnnie Rawlinson, 9th Circuit judge; and Patricia Timmons - Goodson, North Carolina Supreme Court justice.

Federal district judges and judges over the age of 60 were considered long shots, so they were also left out of the study.

Apparently, two critical e-mails in a stock option prosecution against McAfee's former general counsel weren't turned over because temp attorneys had marked them as not relevant, Howrey partner Robert Gooding Jr. explained to federal district judge Marilyn Hall Patel.

Tara Leigh Grove: «As soon as a single federal district judge issued an injunction with the first travel ban, the Department of Homeland Security complied.»

Clerking with a magistrate judge is slightly more limited in scope as their remit is constrained by what federal district judges assign them.

The following six federal district judges will be participating in the 2018 law clerk interview session: Judge Raymond Jackson (EDVA.)

Now the plot thickens: The federal district judge ordered an evidentiary hearing on these claims.

For the past two and a half years years, Tom Kirkendall of Houston's Clear Thinkers has been offering continuing coverage of the long, tragic story of Jamie Olis, a midlevel executive at Dynegy who was sentenced by federal district Judge Sim Lake to a 24 - year prison term for his involvement in a fraudulent accounting scheme.

With all these thoughts in mind, I hope readers might use the comments to suggest great federal district judges for the next Supreme Court vacancy.

A federal district judge in Pennsylvania dealt with the same issue in November 2008 in Rhoads Industries v. Building Materials Corp..