Sentences with phrase «plaintiffs in lawsuits challenging»

Aaron Bitzer, 35, was so angered by the California ban, which will take effect on Jan. 1, that he went public and became a plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the law as unconstitutional.

In 1989, fourth - grader Milo Sheff became the lead plaintiff in a lawsuit challenging the segregation of Hartford - area public schools.

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.

Not exact matches

Plaintiff - side lawyers use investigative journalist reports as third - party «experts» or sources of information that can be useful in surviving early challenges to a lawsuit.

• 21 states are plaintiffs in federal lawsuits challenging the Constitutionality of Obamacare.

«Because we believe there is no merit to plaintiff's lawsuit, we are vigorously opposing their application for a preliminary injunction and we will demonstrate that the challenged actions were in all respects lawful,» he said.

The court order of August 1 said that the six plaintiffs (four voters and two candidates) who had challenged certain details of the California top - two open primary system must pay almost $ 250,000 to the attorneys for the forces who had intervened in the lawsuit to defend the top - two open primary law.

I am a principal in one of the towns that is a plaintiff in the lawsuit [challenging the legality of New Hampshire's school - funding method].

Plaintiffs challenging the at - large election system for school - board members in the Del Valle (Tex.) Independent School District last week rejected a settlement offer from the school board and plan to proceed with a lawsuit filed in a state court last month.

Nine (9) other school boards have agreed to join efforts and file a lawsuit to challenge the unconstitutional provisions of HB 7069 and have invited other school boards to join as plaintiffs in the proposed lawsuit.

Rebecca Friedrichs, a third - grade teacher in the Savanna School District, which serves portions of northwest Orange County, is the lead plaintiff in Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association, a lawsuit brought by several teachers that challenged the hegemonic power of their union to collect fees from non-union members.

If there is a problem with the quitclaim deed you won't find out until it's challenged in court by a plaintiff's attorney in a potential lawsuit.

While Quebec is consulting and holding public hearings on euthanasia and assisted suicide, on April 26, 2011, British Columbia's Civil Liberties Association (BCCLA) and three other plaintiffs filed a lawsuit in BC's Supreme Court challenging Canada's Criminal Code provisions against euthanasia and assisted suicide.

At Altman & Altman, LLP, our attorneys handle plaintiffs in class action suits regularly, and understand the types of challenges that can occur in a class action lawsuit.

She has achieved important court victories on GLBT issues, including bringing marriage equality to Pennsylvania through her work for plaintiffs in Whitewood v. Wolf, the federal lawsuit that successfully challenged the Pennsylvania Marriage Laws as amended in 1996 to ban same - sex marriage.

And this isn't just the ABA, so when you think about helping veterans, domestic violence victims, refugees, homeless, elderly, mentally challenged, children, so many others and you can see in the lawsuit the people who are the named plaintiffs.

These concerns arise through threats of litigation made against the association, and while a court might direct a respondent - plaintiff to exercise the appeal remedy available through the association prior to filing a lawsuit against the association, dismissal of a legal challenge is not a certainty, particularly if the respondent - plaintiff can argue that the association's appeal remedy, though available, would result in a predetermined or sham conclusion.