Sentences with phrase «old court decision»

Grassroots advocacy, public opinion, proposed legislation, the looming state takeover of the Philadelphia schools, and a 2 - year - old court decision are fueling new momentum on an issue that state legislators have been reluctant to shoulder, activists say.

De Blasio and Miner are set to release a joint statement today calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state budget surplus to make a sizable down payment to meet the terms of a nearly decade - old court decision saying the state has shortchanged its schools.

De Blasio and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are set to release a joint statement Monday calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state budget surplus on a sizable downpayment to meet the terms a nearly decade - old court decision saying the state has shortchanged its schools.

Not exact matches

Brownsey says the court's decision encapsulated everything the Tories and industry did wrong in B.C. «It was very old - school thinking,» he says.

In a decision released by the Baltimore Circuit Court, Judge Martin P. Welch wrote that the 35 - year - old was being granted a new trial because his initial council failed to properly cross-examine an expert from the state about the reliability of cell tower data that seemed to place him at the scene of the crime.

The filing also argues that the 9th Circuit made the test for defeating a trademark too strict, and that it should — based on an older decision by a different appeals court — instead have simply looked at how most people use the word in question.

CARACAS Venezuela on Thursday scorned a $ 2.04 billion award to ConocoPhillips over a decade - old nationalization as the U.S. oil producer filed suit in a federal court to enforce the decision.

Zachary Cruz, 18, poses the same threat as his older brother — and his decision to trespass onto the Stoneman Douglas campus after school Monday is a warning sign that can not be ignored, Assistant State Attorney Sarahnell Murphy said in court.

The French decision follows the May ruling by the European Court of Justice (ECJ) in the case of Mario Costeja González, a Spanish man who succeeded in ordering Google to remove links to an old article saying that his home was being repossessed to pay off debts.

The Federal District Court's decision favoring doctor - assisted suicide, we said, could be fatal not only to many people who are old, sick, or disabled, but also to popular support for our present system of government.

The father of a seriously ill 20 - month - old boy quoted the Bible in a court, where he said his son «needs help» as he fights a decision to end the toddler's life support.

That decision was, however, overturned last week due to the ongoing court proceedings against the 23 - year - old.

The child's preference, if the child is mature enough to make a reasonable decision (usually age 12 or older); the court will also consider whether the child's preference was influenced by anyone else

The child's wishes, if the court deems the child to be of a sufficient age, intelligence, understanding and experience to make a reasonable decision, which typically means age 12 or older

The child's wishes, if the court determines that the child is mature enough to make such a decision (generally age 12 and older)

If the children are old enough, the courts will take their preference into account in making a custody decision.

The legislative leaders quietly introduced a campaign finance bill last night that is designed to strengthen enforcement at the state Board of Elections and also address the US Supreme Court's January decision that overturned a 20 - year - old ruling barring corporations from spending freely to support or oppose candidates.

The man a high court judge notoriously dismissed as an unreliable witness, whose famously fastidious attention to detail was such that when it came to making the case for the most serious foreign policy decision since Suez, he was perfectly content to sling out some 12 - year - old guff he'd lifted straight off the internet.

NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio and Syracuse Mayor Stephanie Miner are set to release a joint statement today calling on Cuomo and the Legislature to use a state budget surplus on a sizable downpayment to meet the terms the nearly decade - old CFE court decision saying the state has shortchanged its schools.

«While the courts have made their decision, old habits die hard and the Senate Republicans are refusing to accept a change in the status quo,» Democrats write.

Erie County's top prosecutor is appealing an appellate court decision that reversed the murder conviction of a man found guilty of killing his then - girlfriend's 5 - year - old son.

Money Laundering: Ex-Gov Sule Lamido's Son, Aminu Loses Appeal The Court of Appeal sitting in Kaduna on Monday, dismissed the appeal of Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him...

A recent appeals court ruling in a case that grew out of PSEG Long Island's expansion of an electrical substation on Old Stone Highway in Amagansett, represents a mixed decision for East Hampton Town, which had sought to hold the utility provider to local zoning laws that would have required planning board review of the project.

It took a decision from the U.S Supreme Court on Wednesday, but the former Buffalo small business owner won his appeal of a four - year - old obstruction conviction.

Dozen of marriage equality supporters gathered Wednesday evening to react to the Supreme Court's decision that the nearly two decade old Defense of Marriage Act, or DOMA, is unconstitutional.

Aminu Sule Lamido, the 34 year old son of former Jigawa State governor, Alhaji Sule Lamido, had his appeal struck out on Monday by an appellate court sitting in Kaduna against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, court sitting in Kaduna against the decision of the Federal High Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Court, Kano which found him guilty of the charge of money laundering brought against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC.

But on 19 July the Arizona - based firm lost a major decision when a jury in a US district court ruled that Darryl Turner, a 17 - year - old shop assistant in Charlotte, North Carolina, had been killed by a police taser after receiving an extended 37 - second shock.

But observers in St. Paul believe two recent developments may create a favorable climate for the concept: the U.S. Supreme Court decision upholding the state's 25 - year - old system of income - tax deductions for expenses incurred by families with children in private and public schools, and the endorsement of a generalized voucher...

A New Jersey judge has ruled that the Woodbury school district may continue its 22 - year - old policy of starting each school day with a moment of silence «for contemplation» pending a trial on that case and decisions in two related federal - court cases.

The latest blow to the 5 - year - old Opportunity Scholarship program was dealt Nov. 12 by the full panel of the 1st District Court of Appeal in Tallahassee, which voted 8 - 5, with one abstention, to uphold an August decision by a three - member panel of that court that found the program unconstitutiCourt of Appeal in Tallahassee, which voted 8 - 5, with one abstention, to uphold an August decision by a three - member panel of that court that found the program unconstituticourt that found the program unconstitutional.

The federal appeals court in St. Louis — directly contradicting a two - year - old decision by its counterpart in Boston — has upheld a Minnesota law allowing parents of private - school students to take state income - tax deductions for tuition and other expenses.

The Court's decision began, in part, «DOJ's attempt to shoehorn its regulation of the voucher program into an entirely unrelated forty - year - old case represents more than ineffective lawyering.

Disregarded in the discussion is the fact that the court's decision on the Edgewood Texas school funding cases criticized the old funding plans for their failure to fully utilize all the property wealth in the state to finance public schools.

On Wednesday, more than 200 advocates gathered to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the NJ Supreme Court decision that ordered the state to implement «well - planned, high - quality» preschool for all 3 — and 4 - year - old children in the 31 school districts that were part of theAbbott v. Burke educational equity case.

Because of a court decision, six - year - old Laurel Blase doesn't know where she'll be attending first grade in August.

According to a decades - old Supreme Court decision, catalog retailers and online retailers do not have to charge sales tax in states where they have no physical presence, but state governments realized that Amazon's distribution centers amounted to a physical presence.

Kelly is due to be in court, but instead she drives from her home in Pensacola, Florida, across the panhandle to New Orleans and checks into Room 303 at the Olivier House in the city's French Quarter — the hotel where she and Michael fell in love some twenty - five years earlier and where she now finds herself about to make a decision that will forever affect her, Michael, and their nineteen - year - old daughter, Samantha.

It's an old story, which has gotten worse recently, since a Supreme Court decision in which the Supremes declared that corporations are people, with rights protected by the Constitution.

They went to court to resolve the legal issues arising from that decision, chief among them the question of who was to get custody of the three - year - old child they had together.

In a stunning personal injury decision the Supreme Court has reduced a damage award for a brain injured 27 year old claimant.

We have previously blogged about the trial court decision where a jury found Forcillo guilty of attempted murder in the death of 18 - year - old Sammy Yatim («Yatim»).

The Supreme Court of New Jersey has unanimously upheld a decision allowing a Japanese mother to relocate with her six - year old child from their home in

A Toronto lawyer says he feels vindicated by a recent Divisional Court decision that overturned a two - year - old ruling against him over a settlement agreement.

As has been discussed multiple times on SLAW and based on two emails over the past few days, it appears the first phase of adding of older Supreme Court of Canada decisions to the court's website has been complCourt of Canada decisions to the court's website has been complcourt's website has been completed.

The decision of the High Court in Sandford v Waltham Forest LBC [2008] EWHC 1106 (QB), [2008] All ER (D) 278 (May) concerned a 91 - year - old woman whom a council had decided needed cot sides fitted to her bed.

«One year is unreasonable,» Court of Quebec judge Johanne Roy reportedly told the 60 - year - old accused, who suffers from pulmonary fibrosis, when delivering her decision from the bench Sept. 15.

The Supreme Court has allowed an appeal by the non-biological mother of a seven - year - old daughter: the birth mother's unilateral decision to take the child to Pakistan to live did not mean that child immediately lost her habitual residence in the UK.

Retailers are being urged by legal experts to make safety a top priority in light of the most recent court decision, which saw Hugo Boss fined # 1.2 million for health and safety breaches following the death of a four - year - old boy.

The decision halts a 27 - year old expansion of venue in patent cases which began in 1990 when an appellate court expanded venue from a corporation's state of incorporation to any district where personal jurisdiction could be established over the alleged infringer.

Many leading cases on divorce procedure are decades old, a consequence of the cost of litigation and perhaps also a more «relaxed» approach to the law by the courts, but the decision in Owens v Owens [2017] EWCA Civ 182, [2017] All ER (D) 23 (Apr) highlighted that the generally accepted practice of «mild» particulars in unreasonable behavior petitions does not in fact comply with the law.