Sentences with phrase «rights case involving»

TIGARD, Ore. — After a long ordeal, a store owner here has won a landmark property - rights case involving land taking by the city.

On August 25, 2017, the U.S. Supreme Court (SCOTUS) granted certiorari in Murphy v. Smith, No. 16 - 1067 (U.S.), a prisoner's civil rights case involving interpretation of language in the Prison Litigation Reform Act (PLRA).

This was an employment rights case involving a municipal fireman who had criticized his fire department at a departmental meeting.

It is therefore anticipated that a substantial percentage of all human rights cases involving handicapped complainants will involve indirect discrimination and the question of whether the respondent should accommodate the complainant's handicaps.

The ongoing human rights case involves the Downtown Vancouver Business Improvement Association and Read More

Our attorneys have litigated civil rights cases involving constitutional issues including cases dealing with:

In addition to his litigation practice, Michael assists in the representation of the Firm's Municipal Clients, including the Villages of Rockdale, New Lenox, Minooka and Manhattan, and handles bond issues and litigation, tax increment financing, union negotiations and labor issues, annexation, zoning / re-zoning issues, and civil rights cases involving municipal employees and police officers.

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The cases involve the use of a landmark voting rights law that led to the election of African - Americans across the South and Supreme Court decisions that limited the use of race to draw electoral maps.

Since the vast majority of child - abduction cases involve someone a kid already knows, you might also adopt McBride's favorite safety mantra: «If anyone makes you feel sad, scared, or confused, you need to tell me right away.»

Unless the Committee or Board determines otherwise prior to the transaction, if substantially all of the assets of the Company are acquired by another corporation or in case of a reorganization of the Company involving the acquisition of the Company by another entity, (i) stock options and stock appreciation rights become exercisable immediately prior to the transaction; (ii) restrictions with respect to restricted stock and RSRs lapse and shares are delivered; and (iii) performance shares and performance units pay out pro rata based on performance through the end of the last calendar quarter.

Canadian courts have often pushed back at attempts to infringe on that right, in cases involving niqabs and kirpans, for instance.

Since the early Fletcher v. Peck and Dartmouth College cases, contracts between states and private entities that involved «vested» property rights had enjoyed protection under the contract clause.

Further, given the constantly changing goal - posts of a politics immersed in the emotivist chaos of competing psychological identities and subjective personal rights, why on earth would anyone now want to pursue a career that in five, ten, or fifteen years might be torn from them simply because somebody somewhere finds a right to goodness - knows - what in the Constitution — even, as in this case, when their job does not actually require them to be involved in said goodness - knows - what?

And it has often been the case, where race is involved, that the Christians on the wrong side of history have outnumbered those on the right side.

The High Court case was related to an immigration dispute involving a Nigerian man who argued that he should not be deported because the unborn child being carried by his Irish partner had multiple rights, including the right to the company of its father.

John Kennedy repeatedly appointed segregationist judges to the federal bench in the South, and the civil rights case that Robert Kennedy most vigorously prosecuted involved charges brought against Albany, Georgia, activists for violating the rights of a white storeowner by boycotting his business because he had served on a jury that cleared the sheriff who had shot a black man three times in the neck at point - blank range.

Yet here is the profound difficulty: In every other case I can think of involving two individuals whose rights conflict, none is resolved by legalizing the death of one party.

Irony is involved because it appears to be the case that the office of Bishop among Episcopalians has become increasingly separated from that authority by which some are given the right and duty to teach and uphold the church's rule of faith and forms of life.

Some state civil rights laws apply to commercial property, but there are exemptions for religious groups — and anyway, these cases don't involve commercial property, either.

In June, the Supreme Court managed to rule on two separate cases involving same - sex marriage without ruling on the merits of a constitutional right to same - sex marriage.

Those who are involved in small groups often claim that these groups have influenced how they think on political and economic issues — for example, raising their interest in questions of peace and social justice or, in the case of conservative religious groups, generating ire about abortion and gay rights.

So the court will hear cases involving violations of humans rights depicted in Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with trights depicted in Convention for the Protection of Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with tRights and Fundamental Freedoms from most of the countries in the Europe, regardless of their relationship with the EU.

On Monday, the US Supreme Court announced it will take on the case of Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd. v. Colorado Civil Rights Commission, which involves a Christian baker defending his decision to turn down wedding cake orders for same - sex couples.

These manuals follow a common pattern, taking up individual cases and indicating how they are to be resolved, and the directions they offer are remarkably similar in character.53 The greater number of cases discussed deal with moral perplexities — questions involving family life, economic activity, military service, political issues, the relationship of master and servant, the right use of recreation — but spiritual perplexities — involving «the great case which the Jews put to Peter and the jailer to Paul and Silas «54 undoubtedly received equal attention in actual pastoral work.

they will need a new Head coach / manager to be able to listen to their opinion since they have been involves them in football but in wenger's case the bucks stop to him which is not right at all Ivan is very intelligent guy like the way he put it «we need new infrastructure» which states we cant have a whole club direction on football side on single person hands those are things of the past and they have been proven for over 10 years not practically working!

Meanwhile, the outspoken patron has dismissed a case ordering him to pay $ 15m to Instituto, insisting that the South American agents involved in the deal «should be in jail» as FIFA have already moved to get rid of them owning the rights to players.

I'm of the opinion it should be left to the clubs where they were involved and in this case it was absolutely right that it was observed at our game yesterday with Wilkins having spent time as assistant manager to Gianluca Vialli at Watford.

It is very important for the father to be involved in the delivery of the child and to be available to the infant in case the mother can not hold the child right away due to other circumstances.

«Resources for Divorced Parents» (1-800-640-3405), a nonprofit Maine corporation committed to reducing the negative effects of divorce offers «Kids First: Parenting Through Divorce,» a four - hour educational program for parents who are involved in a court case involving rights and responsibilities of their minor children, and «The Next Step,» a six - week group program for divorcing parents who want to «learn healthy, effective ways to parent children, to resolve conflicts and empower themselves during and after the divorce process.»

Salon's Joan Walsh tallies the lengths that some noteworthy right - wingers went to: in this case, more than the usual blogger Googling was involved.

Unless it involves sexual preferences, religious beliefs, the right to die with dignity or recreational substance use, in which case they are major supporters of intrusive big government.

In Bernie's case, it involves a video message from the candidate, reassuring you that you're on the right site («and it's a great site») and telling you to scroll down to the navigation links to find your way around.

The government's own estimates suggest that there are almost 2,500 cases each year involving children as claimants in their own right who no longer get legal aid for their immigration cases.

My report finds that whilst the Constitution has been referred to in only a limited fashion in cases involving the protection and enhancement of women's rights, notable exceptions include violence against women resulting from religious edicts: «In response to a spate of violence directed at young rural women as part of their sentencing by fatwa... the Supreme Court declared such sentences unconstitutional in 2001.»

He vowed that they would go after the Minister in the office, his official residence and in his country home in Edo State to force him to do the right thing about the corruption case involving Uwakwem.

By focusing the campaign on women's rights at a time when many women around the country are frustrated by the debates about contraception coverage and the recent Supreme Court decision in the case involving Hobby Lobby, the new ballot line may help Mr. Cuomo increase his edge among female voters.

In respect of a point made by the right hon. Member for Airdrie and Shotts (John Reid), a former Home Secretary, is she not aware that she should have been informed by the police in a case involving a Member of this House?

«In a case involving the Republic of Niger, the ECOWAS Court of Justice stated that «slavery is considered as a serious violation of human dignity and is formally prohibited by all international human rights instruments.

Consequently, it's now the third time that Germany is governed by a «large coalition» of both the right - wing and left - wing main parties, which was originally considered a worse - case fall - back position for everyone involved.

We write in our capacity as citizens of the Republic of Ghana invoking the powers of this Commission under Article 218 (a) of the 1992 Constitution of Ghana and section 7 (1)(i) of the CHRAJ Act 1993 (Act 456), as amended, which states «to investigate complaints of violations of fundamental rights and freedoms, injustice, corruption, abuse of power and unfair treatment of any person by a public officer in the exercise of his official duties», to investigate a case of professional misconduct bothering on official corruption and corruption - related activities involving ACP Mrs. Maame Yaa Tiwaa Addo Danquah, the current acting Director - General of the Criminal Investigations Department (CID) of the Ghana Police Service.

Tell Governor Cuomo to keep his commitment to the families of New Yorkers killed by police and sign the RIGHT executive order for a Special Prosecutor to investigate ALL cases of police - involved killings of civilians without a one year time limit!

Furthermore, the Constitutional right to boycott (a First Amendment right) was established in a case involving the NAACP.

Thornton said she understood and supported people's right to have guns for the protection of their homes and families, but she believed the sheriff's statement could be construed as encouraging people to get involved in cases in which they might as easily become victims.

The civil rights activist has served as a spokesman for the family of Garner — a 43 - year - old Staten Island man whose chokehold death was ruled a homicide by the medical examiner following a July 18 attempt to arrest him for allegedly selling loose cigarettes — and is also heavily involved in the case of Michael Brown, who was shot and killed by police in Ferguson, Mo..

An ethics case involving two Woodstock Town Board members has depleted the ranks of the Ethics Board and raised lingering questions about matters such as due process, the rights and responsibilities of public officials, and the soundness of the local law at the heart of the case.

The New York State Court of Appeals has agreed to hear two cases challenged by the right wing Alliance Defense Fund involving same - sex marriages performed out of state:

-- New York Court of Appeals Associate Judge Eugene Fahey, on a case involving whether a chimp has rights

The New York State Court of Appeals has agreed to hear two cases challenged by the right wing Alliance Defense Fund involving same - sex marriages performed out of state: «One case, Godfrey v. Spano, stems from the Westchester County executive's 2... Read

The Deputy Gender Minister noted that the Commission for Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has established a unit on children, which addresses cases involving children and monitors the implementation of children's rRights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ), has established a unit on children, which addresses cases involving children and monitors the implementation of children's rightsrights.

The Supreme Court is also likely to consider one of several cases involving conceal carry rights in the future because of conflicting rulings from intermediate courts of appeal, Donohue said.