Sentences with phrase «reversed on an appeal»

The $ 30,000 sanction was reversed on appeal in a U.S. Circuit Court, but the higher court agreed that Spalding had not infringed on Antonious's patents.

«Unless this decision is reversed on appeal, it clears the way for what most people accused of criminal behaviour would wish for: a fair trial before an impartial jury.»

Courts can also move the trial to a new location; they can grant motions from the defense to delay the trial while things cool down; they can sequester the jurors (meaning that the jurors are kept in a central place and prevented from talking to anyone else or reading anything about the case); if none of these are done, a conviction can potentially be reversed on appeal.

The case was again reversed on appeal, this time in favor of the plaintiff.

Once jeopardy attaches, there can only be a second trial if: The defendant is convicted of a charge that is reversed on appeal or in a collateral attack on the conviction.

One is to make copious findings of fact (especially on credibility) that are hard to reverse on appeal and alternative findings.

Understanding the dynamics of the legal issues for getting a case affirmed or reversed on appeal is just as important as the facts and law in the trial court below.

Mr. Jurdem's client was originally charged with 2nd degree assault (not - guilty), Dwelling burglary (not - guilty), 1st degree Criminal Trespass (not - guilty), Stalking (guilty - reversed on appeal).

The 11th Circuit reversed on appeal, arguing that the bulk of her claim reached back to salary decisions made years earlier, well outside of the 180 - day limit for raising claims of discriminatory employment practices under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act.

Although this ruling was reversed on appeal, the appellate court directed entry of an attorney's fees award of only $ 1.4 million, based on the trial court's alternative finding that the prevailing party was not entitled to several million dollars in legal fees.

Their trial verdicts were all reversed on appeal.

She was successful at trial in having the agreement overturned, but that had been reversed on appeal.

The authority succeeded at first instance but this was reversed on appeal to the circuit judge.

The earlier decision was reversed on appeal and set the stage for his historic runs this summer.

Yelp refused to comply with this order while the appeal was being prepared, and was subsequently held in contempt (a finding that is also being sought to be reversed on appeal).

Reversed on appeal.

These are the issues presented by Microsoft's appeal — as you can see, claim construction plays a key role, and it's particularly easy to reverse on appeal:

The Justice referred to City of Mecca (1879), 5 P D 28 where Sir Robert Phillimore held that the English Court of Admiralty could and ought to enforce an in rem judgment of a Foreign Admiralty Court, on the grounds of international comity (reversed on appeal not on a point of law, but because, like the subject case, the foreign judgment was in personam only.)

That was reversed on appeal in Hemphill v. Wright Family, LLC, Case No.

Apart from the proceedings of the CJC against Justice Camp, his decision was reversed on appeal, with the Alberta Court of Appeal stating that, «We are also persuaded that sexual stereotypes and stereotypical myths, which have long since been discredited, may have found their way into the trial judge's judgment»: R v. Wagar, 2015 ABCA 327 at para. 4.

The motion judge granted summary judgment in favour of Teva, but this was reversed on appeal.

He was reversed on appeal; a small claim is a small claim even though not formally recognised or tracked as such.

In telling students this, I think I inevitably left the (mistaken) impression, by inference, that one did not need to worry about noting up Supreme Court of Canada cases after 1949 for judicial history (i.e., to see if the case was reversed on appeal)(but I am consistent in telling students that one should always noteup all Supreme Court of Canada decisions from any period of time for judicial and academic commentary and to find «like» cases, which would have, in the situation that follows, have caught the mistake in any event).

They initially won at the Supreme Court of British Columbia, but saw the judgment reversed on appeal.

Essentially, the driver wanted to keep out an earlier legal determination — which was reversed on appeal — that he lacked coverage.

Most legal commentators have since argued that this decision is more than likely to be reversed on appeal, primarily in light of the religious underpinnings of the judge's decision, which raise First Amendment concerns (according to the New York Times, the American Civil Liberties Union has offered to appeal the ruling on behalf of the child's mother).

This decision was reversed on appeal to the Superior Court of Justice.

Compared to peers, cases were almost never reversed on appeal.

Dismissal of the claims was reversed on appeal.

North40RE Realty, LLC v. Bishop (2 A.D. 3d 1184)- City Court's dismissal of broker's complaint reversed on appeal to County Court affirmed by Appellate Division; reversal is appropriate where there has been a deviation from substantive law which renders the determination clearly erroneous; broker entitled to commission under clear and unambiguous terms of exclusive buyer broker agreement; buyer refused to allow broker any involvement in the purchase negotiations because seller refused to deal with brokers

Welch Real Estate v. Heritage Broadcasting Corp. (192 A.D. 2d 891) trial court judgment for broker reversed on appeal as commission entitlement was conditioned on passage of title.

Not exact matches

Since Swift posted her appeal on her Tumblr page Sunday, Apple has reversed its policy on compensation, the New York Times reported.

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group LLC managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

When he had to squeeze extra floors into a new building, he called Sandy Lindenbaum, a zoning - law guru who called himself «the last of the gunslingers»; when he needed the New Jersey Casino Control Commission to see things his way, he turned to Atlantic City fixture Nick Ribis; when he wanted to divorce Ivana (and, later on, her successor, Marla Maples), he retained Jay Goldberg, a self - described «killer» who says he can «rip skin off a body»; when it was tax time, he reversed decades of bragging about his billions and had tax attorneys say his properties were worth only a fraction of what he had publicly proclaimed (an ongoing tax appeal in Chicago declares Trump Tower Chicago «a failed business»); when he was in the market for a troubleshooter, he hired Michael Cohen, who has threatened journalists who've written about Trump with bodily harm.

The jury's verdict came on the same day that a federal appeals court reversed the conviction of a former Jefferies Group managing director who is serving prison time for lying to customers about the prices of mortgage - backed bonds.

The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the ruling on Friday, saying the family had not persuaded the three - judge panel «that the individual prayers or other remarks to be given by students at graduation are, in fact, school - sponsored.»

The football world seemed ready to put this issue to rest, but on Monday morning, the Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit reversed Judge Berman's ruling and ordered the reinstatement of Tom Brady's 4 - game suspension.

When a senator raises a point of order, the presiding officer of the Senate immediately rules on the validity of the point of order, but this ruling may be appealed and reversed by the whole Senate.

Last month, the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals reversed Silver's conviction for doing favors on behalf of a cancer researcher and developer who funneled $ 4 million legal referral fees to the former speaker, ruling the jury instructions were wrong and Silver was entitled to a new trial.

Silver's successful appeal was based on a 2016 US Supreme Court ruling that reversed the conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell and limited the definition of «official act» in a corruption case.

«Because we can not conclude that the (instruction) error was harmless beyond a reasonable doubt, we are obliged to vacate the convictions,» the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals wrote, less than three months after reversing former state Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver's separate corruption conviction on the same grounds.

Former Assemblyman Richard Brodsky has scored a victory in his long - running battle against the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and Entergy, the owner of Indian Point, thanks to a federal appeals court that reversed a lower court ruling on the commission's responsibility to involve and notify the public before exempting the Hudson Valley nuclear power plant from health and safety requirements.

The conviction of Republican former Sen. Tom Libous was reversed by a federal appeals court and ordered a $ 50,000 fine be overturned, the attorney for the late Binghamton lawmaker on Tuesday announced.

The appeals court said that the trial judge would need to instruct jurors on the law in a different manner to conform with a 2016 Supreme Court decision that reversed the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Lawyers for former state Senate leader Dean Skelos told a federal appeals court in Manhattan on Monday that the recent decision reversing the corruption conviction of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver has strengthened Skelos» case for same treatment.

A Manhattan federal appeals court on Tuesday overturned the corruption conviction of former Senate leader Dean Skelos, knocking down a second pillar of former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's cleanup Albany campaign on the same grounds it reversed former Assembly speaker Sheldon Silver's conviction a few months ago.

The appeals court said the trial judge would need to instruct jurors on the law differently to conform with a 2016 Supreme Court decision reversing the public corruption conviction of former Virginia Gov. Bob McDonnell.

Court cans Lacorte on technicality; 4 - 0 decision means final appeal a long shot BY MARC MOSS An Appeals Court reversed the NY Supreme Court decision allowing Dagan Lacorte onto the Democratic primary ballot Wednesday.

Responding to a question on whether the Senate would reverse Ndume's suspension following the appeal by -LSB-...]

Ruling on an appeal filed by the New Mexico Environmental Law Center, which represents SRIC and ENDAUM in this six - year - long administrative litigation, the Commission reversed the NRC Presiding Officer's decision to «hold in abeyance» three - quarters of the proceeding.