Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs in cases challenging»

The bill expands the ability of successful plaintiffs in cases challenging records denials to have their attorneys» fees repaid by a government agency.

Plaintiffs in the case challenged the number of NHIS list presented by the EC, saying it should be more than the presented number.

Steve Behr, a pastor ordained by the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, became a plaintiff in the case challenging the Cleveland voucher program because he believed it was «bad theology» for religious schools to take vouchers.

Not exact matches

It's challenging as a plaintiff to get a unanimous verdict in your favour on these cases, it's not impossible, but it is challenging.

In the Pawtucket crèche case, the government erected a nativity scene and the plaintiffs challenged it.

To this end his favorite device is to picture a cosmic assize in which Yahweh is at once plaintiff and judge; he advances his arguments and introduces his witnesses and then challenges the defendants to make out their case.

In the case, Grocery Manufacturers Association v. Sorrell (No. 5:14 - cv - 117), the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Snack Food Association, International Dairy Foods Association, and National Association of Manufacturers (the «Plaintiffs») are challenging Vermont's Act 120, which requires that certain foods sold at retail stores in Vermont bear mandatory labeling if they contain genetically - engineered ingredientIn the case, Grocery Manufacturers Association v. Sorrell (No. 5:14 - cv - 117), the Grocery Manufacturers Association, Snack Food Association, International Dairy Foods Association, and National Association of Manufacturers (the «Plaintiffs») are challenging Vermont's Act 120, which requires that certain foods sold at retail stores in Vermont bear mandatory labeling if they contain genetically - engineered ingredientin Vermont bear mandatory labeling if they contain genetically - engineered ingredients.

The plaintiff in the Supreme Court case is a familiar name in New York political circles: Shaun McCutcheon, an Alabama businessman and Republican activist who last year challenged New York's contribution limit to independent expenditure - only committees.

The judges hearing a suit challenging the constitutionality of the decision by former President John Mahama to pardon the three Montie FM personalities who were jailed for contempt have criticised the plaintiffs in the case for delays in presenting their case.

Courts tend to defer to federal agencies on interpreting statutes like Dickey - Wicker, and the fact that the HHS interpretation has been consistent and wasn't challenged in court until now may weaken the plaintiffs» case.

Plaintiffs in the second case, Wright v. New York, filed a complaint in July that challenges both LIFO and the law under which teachers are granted or denied tenure after three years.

Citing two earlier cases that forced changes in state laws regarding students» rights to quality education through money spent and time of instruction provided, as well as evidence in Vergara, he said the plaintiffs «have proven, by a preponderance of the evidence, that the Challenged Statutes impose a real and appreciable impact on students» fundamental to quality of education and that they impose a disproportionate burden on poor and minority students.»

NSBA is pleased to report that a federal district court judge in New York has issued a nationwide preliminary injunction in Vidal v. Nielsen (New York v. Trump), a case in which NSBA and other national educational organizations filed an amicus brief supporting plaintiffs challenging the DACA rescission.

Plaintiffs in the lawsuit challenging state laws that govern teacher employment put their case on pause today, allowing the defense team to call one of its key experts to the witness stand.

Villaraigosa also fought for teacher tenure reforms, backing the plaintiffs in the Vergara case, which challenged the constitutionality of state tenure and layoff statutes on the grounds that they harmed low - income students.

The opinions of Thomas Kane went to the heart of the plaintiffs» case in Vergara v California, in which nine students are challenging state laws governing teachers employment.

Amicus Curiae Brief of Public Law Center, NCLC, Public Counsel in Support of Plaintiffs» Motion for Preliminary Injunction in Case Challenging Dep» t of Education's Abandonment of Full Loan Relief for Defrauded Corinthian Students (Manriquez v. DeVos, April 16, 2018)

In a series of cases subsequent to Palila, [FN96] plaintiffs with economic interests dependant on the forestry industry challenged the FWS» definition of harm, primarily the inclusion of habitat modification and degradation.

The most challenging cases are often those in which there is no identifiable «condition» but there are symptoms that are affecting the plaintiff's ability to function.

That case involves a challenge by voters to a 2011 congressional remap drawn by Democrats, which the plaintiffs claim resulted in a massive swap of Republican voters for Democratic ones in Maryland's 6th Congressional District.

In this week's case (Drover v. BCE Inc.,) the Plaintiff sued various Defendants challenging system access fees collected by cellular companies.

In that same time period the top five plaintiffs, those challenging patents, include 42 cases for Indiana - based Eli Lilly and 42 cases for Pfizer.

Starr, who represents the plaintiffs in McConnell v. FEC, the case challenging the Campaign Reform Act of 2002, will respond.

Many of its files will be familiar to regular readers of the national media, and include the $ 9 - billion Sino - Forest Corp. shareholder class action claim; an application against Rogers Communications Inc. and Chatr Wireless Inc. involving a constitutional challenge to the Competition Act; and a case concerning oil pollution in the Amazon in which the firm acted for Ecuadoran plaintiffs.

In this article published by Law360, Charles Platt outlines the most recent cases where plaintiff lawyers have challenged cost - of - insurance charges, with mixed results.

Lead trial counsel for plaintiffs in both the preliminary and final injunction hearings of Evans v. Romer, a successful suit challenging the constitutionality of a widely - publicized amendment to Colorado's constitution that would have prohibited any legislation protecting against discrimination based on sexual orientation; case received nationwide press coverage in broadcast and print media, including live coverage on Court TV, and was ultimately decided in plaintiffs» favor in the U. S. Supreme Court.

However, the modest damages award in this case, and others, have still made online defamation a challenging area for plaintiffs.

So when the right plaintiffs and counsel came along ready to launch a challenge in Carter v Canada, the foundation for the case had been laid (by these pieces as well as essential scholarship produced by others in Canada and abroad) and the academic analysis was ready for the litigation strategy (both to shape, support, and be used by it).

Oh, and even though the plaintiff was technically challenging the Florida bar's attorney advertising rules as they were applied in this case, the judge invalidated the regulations in their entirety.

For instance, a plaintiff in a personal injury car accident case may wish to use a peremptory challenge to remove a juror who has revealed that she believes most people who are injured in car accidents exaggerate their injuries to get sympathy.

The plaintiffs challenged eight restrictions on judicial conduct: 1) the prohibition on judicial candidates campaigning as a member of a political organization, 2) the prohibition on judicial candidates making speeches for or against political organizations or candidates, 3) the ban on judicial candidates making contributions to political causes or candidates, 4) the prohibition on judicial candidates from publicly endorsing or opposing candidates for public office, 5) the prohibition on judges from acting as a leader or holding office in a policitical organization, 6) the prohibition on judicial candidates knowingly or recklessly making false statements during campaigns, 7) the ban on judicial candidates making misleading statements, and 8) the prohibition on candidates making pledges, promises, or committments in connection with cases, controversies, or issues that are likely to come before the court.

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Third Circuit grants plaintiffs» petition for permission to appeal in case challenging the lawfulness of GSK's diversity re-removals of state court Paxil personal injury cases more than one year after the cases were filed in state court: This afternoon, a three - judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit entered an order granting my clients» petition for permission to appeal in a case presenting the question «Whether a defendant may remove a case a second time based on diversity jurisdiction more than one year after the commencement of the case?»

The plaintiff in the challenge had been issued patents in the late 1970s based on an application from 1959, but on the eve of jury trial in 1982, the case had been continued pending a reexamination under the new statute.

[26] The one circumstance which I agree made this case somewhat unusual was the fact that the defendant apparently took a very heavy interest in this case, to the point of following her neighbour (the plaintiff) about and gathering evidence to challenge her claims of disability.

Last month, a Georgia appellate court issued a written opinion in a premises liability case that required the court to determine if the plaintiff's allegations of what caused her fall were sufficient to survive a summary judgment challenge by the defense.

[H] ow could an unrepresented prisoner be expected to challenge the affidavit of a hostile medical doctor (in this case really hostile since he's a defendant in the plaintiff's suit) effectively?

More importantly, and for the reasons already given, doing so in this case would visit upon the plaintiff an unduly punitive sanction — one that fails to give any weight: (1) to the challenges associated with forecasting how a court might assess her loss of future earning capacity claim; and (2) to the plaintiff's compromised ability to accurately evaluate her own situation.

Whether plaintiff or foreign defendant in such a case, you require the consideration of a lawyer experienced in matters concerning the jurisdiction of the court and the factors considered on a jurisdictional challenge.

One of the principal arguments raised by the Attorney General (Canada) was that the plaintiffs» challenge was foreclosed by Rodriguez v. British Columbia (Attorney General), [1993] S.C.R. 519, a case involving similar facts and legal argument in which the Supreme Court of Canada upheld the validity of the impugned provisions.

More than 15 years after Roe, she was also the lead plaintiff in the U.S. Supreme Court case Hodgson v. Minnesota, where she unsuccessfully challenged a parental notification statute that required a teenage girl to notify both parents before getting an abortion.

For example, in a landmark case in 1999, the Sandhills Association of REALTORS ® (along with other plaintiffs) challenged the constitutionality of a local sign ordinance in the village of Pinehurst, N.C. on the grounds that it interfered with their First Amendment speech rights.