(Although Ontario judges are permitted to do this where warranted,
the motion judge in this case showed over-reliance on the civil rules, and misunderstood when they could be invoked.).
It is unfortunate that
the motion judge in this case did embark on the exercise of making findings of fact.»
Because of the competing rights and interests at play when there are documents from a civil proceeding that may be used to impeach a party in another proceeding,
the motions judge in the case came down heavily in favour of the need for an anticipatory motion for directions to be brought before the party seeking to use the documents actually uses them.
Acknowledging the issues were novel,
the motions judge in the case concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.
Yet, the fact that
the motion judge in this case refused to stay the action in favour of arbitration based on allegations of pre-contractual misrepresentations shows that the issue of tort trumping arbitration continues to be a live issue for practitioners and motion courts.
Not exact matches
Parties going to trial file
motions in limine to exclude certain types of evidence from trial and this is what they did here and the
judge decided that those particular pieces of information are not relevant to this
case.
District
Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn agreed June 27 to allow the three lawsuits against DOL's rule that are pending in the state to be consolidated, and both parties filed a motion asking that the judge render a decision in the case as soon as Oct
Judge Barbara M.G. Lynn agreed June 27 to allow the three lawsuits against DOL's rule that are pending
in the state to be consolidated, and both parties filed a
motion asking that the
judge render a decision in the case as soon as Oct
judge render a decision
in the
case as soon as October.
Last week, AARP filed an appeal of the Fifth Circuit ruling, while New York, Oregon and California filed a
motion asking the court for permission to rehear the
case in front of the full panel of
judges — known as an en banc review.
Lefcourt said that the way the
judge who handles Shkreli's criminal
case views his public conduct could affect the
judge's decision on pretrial
motions and arguments, which
in turn can affect Shkreli's chances of beating the charges.
Also March 20, 2018: New York state
Judge Jennifer Schecter rules against Trump's lawyers»
motion to dismiss the defamation
case by Summer Zervos, citing the Supreme Court's ruling
in Clinton v. Jones that presidents are not immune from civil suits.
Hogan initially sued Gawker
in federal court, but after a federal
judge denied his
motion for a preliminary injunction (which would have forced Gawker to immediately take down the post while the
case was argued
in the courts), he dropped the federal
case.
Justice John Tsoho of Federal High Court, Abuja who adjourned hearing
in the trial of Kanu with his co-defendants
in a
motion of notice filed on their behalf by Barrister Ifeanyi Ejiofor, asked the
Judge to disqualify himself from hearing the
case over alllegations of «manifest bias.»
In a separate action, Venditto was granted a delay by U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack in filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Sing
In a separate action, Venditto was granted a delay by U.S. District
Judge Joan Azrack
in filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Sing
in filing his pretrial
motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Sing
in the
case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers
in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Sing
in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances
in its dealings with Sing
in its dealings with Singh.
U.S. District
Judge Joan Azrack is expected to rule on all
motions in the
case in February.
Despite getting a victory
in court earlier this week when a
judge denied a
motion to dismiss the
case, the attorney for the coalition that wants to keep the Western New York Children's Psychiatric Center
in West Seneca had some harsh words for the governor.
The
motion, filed
in February, asked U.S. District
Judge Joan M. Azrack to allow Singh to testify about how a «panicked» Mangano asked him to exchange a cash bribe he'd received from a contractor,
in case the bills were marked.
Separate letters to the
judge, supplementing previous
motions earlier this spring to get the corruption
cases dismissed, came from Steptoe & Johnson, a Manhattan firm representing Kaloyeros, and O'Connell & Aronowitz, an Albany firm that wrote to the
judge on behalf of Steven Aiello and Joseph Gerardi, executives of a development firm charged
in a Syracuse bid - rigging scheme that includes some of the same players as the Buffalo Billion
case.
His attorney said the
case is still
in the discovery /
motion stage and the
judge has not yet scheduled a trial date.
In the new court papers by the former LPCiminelli executives, lawyers seek an expedited hearing before the
judge to consider their new
motion to either dismiss the
case or move it to Buffalo.
But the
judge overseeing the
case, ruling on a host of pretrial
motions, found this distinction somewhat immaterial, since Percoco, according to the government, «continued to function
in a senior advisory and supervisory role with regard to the Governor's Office, and continued to be involved
in the hiring of staff and the coordination of the Governor's official events and priorities.»
A Queens Supreme Court
judge denied
motions by state Sen. Hiram Monserrate (D - East Elmhurst) to throw out his indictment and suppress evidence
in his pending
case on assault charges last Thursday, setting a Sept. 14 start date for his trial.
Although the memorandum opinion and order released Friday denied Silver's
motions to dismiss the indictment based on Bharara's «prejudicial extrajudical statements,» United States District Court
Judge Valerie Caproni warned the Manhattan federal prosecutor «that this
case is to be tried
in the courtroom and not
in the press.»
Lawyers for Sheldon Silver asked the
judge to acquit him of all charges even before his
case goes to the jury
in his corruption trial,
in a
motion that is routinely filed by defense lawyers after the government rests its
case.
The trial
judge, Valerie E. Caproni of Federal District Court
in Manhattan, has already denied one defense
motion, filed last month, asking her to acquit Mr. Silver even before the jury received the
case.
The
judge in charge of the
case rejected a
motion to dismiss the suit before a trial.
In May 2015, a state Supreme Court
Judge dismissed the state's
motion to dismiss the
case.
The parents were victorious
in May of 2015 when
judge Donna Siwek rejected the state's
motion to dismiss the
case.
The parents were victorious
in May of 2015 when State Supreme Court
judge Donna Siwek rejected the state's
motion to dismiss the
case.
Yesterday's ruling was not unexpected, as
Judge Cooper had telegraphed some of his thinking when
in late January he ruled against a
motion for a temporary injunction
in the
case and also denied the school boards» request to deposit funds with the court instead of paying them to charter schools
in the affected Florida counties.
Ford Motor Company is awaiting trial for a lawsuit levelled against the automaker
in 2013, after a federal
judge in New York dismissed Ford's
motion to throw out the
case earlier this month, reports The Detroit News.
Rumor is: The legal firm representing B&N
in the Spring Design
case advised them not to ship the nook until the presiding
judge issues an order denying Spring Design's
motion for a preliminary injunction.
In July this year, after the case had survived various motions to dismiss, Judge Denise Cote at the United States District Court Southern District of New York, denied class certification in the case of Mary Simmons and Jodi Foster versus Author Solutions, saying that certain requirements had not been me
In July this year, after the
case had survived various
motions to dismiss,
Judge Denise Cote at the United States District Court Southern District of New York, denied class certification
in the case of Mary Simmons and Jodi Foster versus Author Solutions, saying that certain requirements had not been me
in the
case of Mary Simmons and Jodi Foster versus Author Solutions, saying that certain requirements had not been met.
Judge Bucki granted that
motion, noting that the exemption issue had not previously been litigated
in this particular
case, so no «law of the
case» had been established to preclude the debtors from exempting the asset now.
During a drawn out battle
in court for the
case of ARM / State of Florida vs. Jorge Garcia, the
judge denied the defendants
motion to dismiss graphic audio and video footage which ARM captured during undercover operations on Garcia's illegal animal slaughter farm.
In May federal judge Laura Taylor Swain, in deciding against the Warhol Foundation's motion to dismiss Simon - Whelan's case, gave the plaintiffs the all - important right of «discovery» so that the authentication board's long - suppressed methods of reaching its decisions can now be brought to ligh
In May federal
judge Laura Taylor Swain,
in deciding against the Warhol Foundation's motion to dismiss Simon - Whelan's case, gave the plaintiffs the all - important right of «discovery» so that the authentication board's long - suppressed methods of reaching its decisions can now be brought to ligh
in deciding against the Warhol Foundation's
motion to dismiss Simon - Whelan's
case, gave the plaintiffs the all - important right of «discovery» so that the authentication board's long - suppressed methods of reaching its decisions can now be brought to light.
Judge Denies
Motions by Fossil Fuel Industry and Federal Government
in Landmark Climate Change
Case
The
judge stayed a
motion filed by Monson and Hauge seeking resolution of the
case in their favor and «promised» to decide before month's end whether to grant the DEA's
motion to dismiss.
Schnare had just been
in Court
in Colorado two days as the
judge ruled on a series of
motions, primarily involving discovery
in the
case.
Closer to home, a lawsuit filed by 21 youth plaintiffs (including Kelsey Juliana) and world - renowned climate scientist James Hansen on behalf of future generations against the U.S. government cleared an important hurdle
in November 2016 when federal
judge Ann Aiken rejected the government and fossil fuel industries»
motion to dismiss the
case.
Although the
motion judge refused to strike the claim, the Court of Appeal allowed the appeal and stated that the proper defendant
in the
case was the manufacturer.
Discretionary orders of prothonotaries ought not be disturbed on appeal to a
judge unless: a) the questions raised
in the
motion are vital to the final issue of the
case, or b) the orders are clearly wrong,
in the sense that the exercise of discretion by the prothonotary was based upon a wrong principle or upon a misapprehension of the facts.
So, summing up, by going back to a para. 24, did the
motion judge mean: «On the facts of this
case, it would certainly be open to a trier of fact to infer that there was a necesssary, even if minor, connection between I / Land's negligent conduct
in selecting and fitting a defective hose and the damage that occurred.»
Milanes initially filed his lawsuit
in federal court
in Puerto Rico, where he also filed a
motion to recuse all the district's
judges and asked for appointment of an outside
judge to hear the
case.
Much to the surprise of many, a federal
judge in November denied BlockShopper's
motion to dismiss the
case against the Web site.
It examines activity for five
judges over the past five years, showing the percentage of
cases in which each
judge granted or denied summary judgment
motions and the average days it takes each
judge to decide a
case.
You are not the prosecutor responsible for pursuing the «animal - noise ordinance» violation against the cockatoo owner, nor are you the
judge who had to hear the
case and issue a decision
in a
motion to dismiss it.
In the present
case, a total of eighteen attorneys and paralegals were representing Folan, a remarkable number especially when one takes into account the
motion judge's view that the theories advanced by the contestants were not «overly complex.»
Usually there are
motions filed by one or both parties called «post-trial
motions» that give the trial
judge one last chance to rule on the issues of law
in the
case.
If the
case is not settled, the personal injury lawyer can represent you
in court, prepare discovery documents, prepare
motions for court consideration and present a
case in front of a
judge or jury that outlines how the accident happened and how the defendant is responsible for the damages that you sustained.
Acknowledging the issues were novel, the
motions judge in SC v. NS concluded that the defendant / accused had breached the deemed undertaking of confidentiality when he used for his criminal defence the plaintiff's documentary productions from the civil
case without first seeking directions from the court as to whether and how he could do so.