Sentences with phrase «opinions make new law»

However two recent unpublished family court opinions make new law — or would make law if they were published and therefore -LSB-...]

Not exact matches

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

In a ruling issued earlier this month, but was made known yesterday, a Livingston County court judge allowed a lawsuit against the state's same - sex marriage law to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the calaw to continue, writing in scathing opinion that New York's notoriously narrow Open Meetings Law could be reviewed in the caLaw could be reviewed in the case.

In her opinion in the case C - 566 / 10 P Commission / Italy Advocate General Kokott made an interesting point which inspired a new category of posts here at the blog: Luxemburgerli — that is, the lighter side of EU law.

But one tip I had never thought of before, but which makes great sense, is Scott's inclusion of links to various online resources within each issue of his newsletter - such as the full opinion of a case, or full text of a new regulation or law.

Even a very incomplete list gives an impression of the large number of significant opinions he has written: seminal administrative law cases such as Chevron v. NRDC and Massachusetts v. EPA, the intellectual property case Sony Corp v. Universal City Studios (which made clear that making individual videotapes of television programs did not constitute copyright infringement), important war on terror precedents such as Rasul v. Bush and Hamdan v. Rumsfeld, important criminal law cases such as Padilla v. Kentucky (holding that defense counsel must inform the defendant if a guilty plea carries a risk of deportation) and Atkins v. Virginia (which reversed precedent to hold it was unconstitutional to impose capital punishment on the mentally retarded), and of course Apprendi v. New Jersey (which revolutionized criminal sentencing by holding that the Sixth Amendment right to jury trial prohibited judges from enhancing criminal sentences beyond statutory maximums based on facts other than those decided by a jury beyond a reasonable doubt).

The Constitutional Court has also held that the constitutionality of legal acts (or parts thereof), which have not been harmonised with the Constitution by passing a new legal act by the corresponding law - making subject, which would amend, in the opinion of that law - making subject, the legal act (or part thereof) that was not in conformity with the Constitution, and which have not been recognised as no longer valid, may be verified by conducting constitutional control.

The amendments have also made their mark on case law, with hundreds of opinions referencing and interpreting the new rules.

In this week's edition of the Connecticut Law Tribune, Attorney David Atkins is interviewed by the Trib about the «eyebrow» raising opinions being dispensed by the Statewide Grievance Committee, which is making the brew haha in New York over their new advertising rules look like a lovefeNew York over their new advertising rules look like a lovefenew advertising rules look like a lovefest.