Sentences with phrase «rights claims under»

He also represents correctional healthcare providers and jail officers in civil rights claims under Section 1983.
To do this, the Court of Appeal applied Law v. Canada (Minister of Employment and Immigration), [1999] 1 S. C. R. 497, which is a leading Supreme Court of Canada decision that created the Law test for establishing equality right claims under section 15 of the Charter.

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She sued under the Civil Rights Act, but the Supreme Court rejected her claim, narrowly construing the law to limit the opportunity for redress to within six months after «a discrete unlawful practice takes place.»
Fipco claims under its joint venture agreement with BHP that it has first rights to purchase BHP's share of the mine should the Australian miner exit the partnership.
To be sure, the SEC and its supporters claim that the proxy rules simply make effective rights shareholders have under state law, [6] but in fact shareholder control rights under the latter are extremely limited.
The court judgement explicitly states that Bitcoin demonstrates all the characteristics of a «property right», and hence a claim to transfer BTC under property rights is legitimate:
Conservatives are claiming this is what you get under socialized medicine: heartless government will override parental rights to pull the plug on your children.
They suggested three ways in which RFRA might conceivably be interpreted (misinterpreted, really) to create bad consequences: (1) to give a church's opponents legal «standing» (a technical term meaning the right to sue) to challenge the church's tax - exempt status; (2) to allow taxpayers to claim their free exercise rights would be violated if a religiously affiliated organization receives government assistance under a secular program; and, most importantly, (3) to allow pro-abortion plaintiffs to claim a free exercise right to abortion if Roe v. Wade is overruled and states enact anti-abortion laws.
We have read the free exercise claims and arguments put forward by the prochoice lawyers in the current wave of litigation, and in our judgment, these claims would not be meritorious under even the most generous interpretation of free exercise rights under RFRA.
It is more than conceivable that millions of Muslims desire to live under a government that can make a plausible claim to be Islamic and that is humane and respectful of basic human rights.
Lively's work in Uganda led to a lawsuit against him under the Alien Tort Claims Act, filed March 14, 2012, by Se.xual Minorities Uganda, an LGBT rights group in that country, and the Center for Consti.tutional Rights in therights group in that country, and the Center for Consti.tutional Rights in theRights in the U.S..
God is reserving rocks for YOU to crawl under, while you look for a hole to hide yourself from the furry of His Presence... I'm not defending the Christian «right», the ones who sold themselves out to Repuablican - ism, but if you're gonna talk about the people who claim Christ as their Lord and Savior, then you should know that He gave those who hate Him and His people this promise.
Satan attacks me in my thoughts day and night and he makesit so i can barely eat i pray to the lord and he consoles me god is REAL i used to e a drug dealer the most violent and disruptive of men and one night i came under attack from satan and felt like satan was makeing me into someone im not putting thoughts in my head of death suicide and sexual immorality then i read the wqordof god and everything felt better when i read the Book «The Advocate» spiritual warfare is real and god can save you from satans tourment do nt let Satan claim the rights to your soul i had trouble believing in god for years my mind worked in science and fact but the fact is that God is real and living and when you leave this earth you Will face Judgement
The court found that the plaintiff had a private right of action under Illinois state law and the identical federal law did not apply to preempt the state law claim.
We expect to see more consumer fraud claims based on the violation of state labeling statutes given that courts are increasingly finding a private right of action under state law concerning the FDA's labeling requirements.
Speaking on Sky Sports following the controversial conclusion to the game, Carragher claimed Benteke was completely within his rights to go down under the challenge of Damien Delaney, and that the referee was correct to award a penalty.
United had one last great opening to claim all three points right at the death after substitute Cameron Borthwick - Jackson set up Rooney at the far post, only for the striker to miss the target and the chance to relieve the pressure on his under - fire boss, who insisted after that whistle that he would not resign.
After separating from their partners, two non-biological mothers were denied the right to visitation with their children, since they had no claim to parenthood under New York's 1991 decision.
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Under the Convention on the Rights of the Child parents have the right to accurate information on nutrition, which entails stopping misinformation, including from breastmilk substitute companies which promote their products with misleading claims and aggressive marketing practices.
They had argued they should be accountable to parliament rather than the courts because, under the 1689 Bill of Rights, their expenses claims fell under the category of «proceedings of parliament» - and were therefore protected by privilege.
He claimed this was an infringement of his freedom of religion under the Human Rights Act, as it meant he couldn't watch the God Channel.
When one examines the specifics of these claims of persecution or of the denial of civic rights it becomes apparent that they are labouring under a misinterpretation of the nature of the right to religious freedom.
His case to establish the right to a doctor - assisted death will be joined to that of Jane Nicklinson, who is pursuing a claim in her own right under Article 8 (right to private and family life) of the European Convention.
Essentially, we will need to articulate the public policy on immigration under which we claim the right to limit the free movement of labour.
Last year, over 300 foreign prisoners — including killers — successfully avoided deportation by the Home Office after claiming they have a human right to a «family life» in Britain, under Article 8 of the HRA.
In October 2012, Osborne proposed a new policy to boost the hiring of staff, under which companies would be able to give new appointees shares worth between # 2,000 and # 50,000, but the appointees would lose the right to claim unfair dismissal and time off for training.
The amendment would have limited the ability of foreign prisoners to avoid deportation by claiming they have a right to a family life under human rights legislation.
Indeed, they have everything to play for, claiming the Conservatives are lurching to the right to appease UKIP, while the Labour party slides to the left under Ed Miliband.
Under changes to the law which came in this year, both the mayor and the London Assembly are set to lose their pension rights, under changes designed to bar councillors from claiming a penUnder changes to the law which came in this year, both the mayor and the London Assembly are set to lose their pension rights, under changes designed to bar councillors from claiming a penunder changes designed to bar councillors from claiming a pension.
Jane Nicklinson has pursued the claim in her own right under Article 8 of the European Convention on Human Rights as well as the Administratix of the Estate of Tony Nicklinson.
Mr Woyome who claims his human rights has been abused and was occasioned by the Review Decision of the Supreme Court of Ghana has sent this aspect of the case to the African Court on Human and Peoples» Right in Arusha Tanzania by invoking article 40 read together with article 75 of the 1992 constitution of The Republic of Ghana under case number Ref: AfCHPR / Reg.
• Amending Chapter 536 of the Laws of 2010 concerning the jurisdiction of the Division of Human Rights over claims made under that statute;
They will still be able to claim their right to family reunification under Dublin 3.
Plans under discussion include extending ID card controls to make sure immigrants are eligible for benefits, making new arrivals wait longer before they can claim benefits and pushing ahead with a right - to - reside test.
One under - reported aspect to this story is how Laws claimed up to # 150 for utilities and up to # 200 for service and maintenance right up until March 2008, when the Commons fees office began asking MPs to submit receipts for claims over # 25.
The amendment, crafted by Dominic Raab, a Eurosceptic Tory rising star, sought to make it easier to deport foreign criminals who claim a right to a family life as protection under the European Convention on Human Rights.
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But Bernstein claims that this violates his right of free speech, which is guaranteed under the American constitution.
They argued that rejecting the university's claims could undermine 3 decades» worth of patents under the U.S. Bayh - Dole Act, the 1980 law that gives universities and other institutions the right to exploit government - funded discoveries made by their staff.
Wednesday's decision reversed a lower court ruling, and revived claims by Texas - based groups and individuals, including the McAllen Grace Brethren Church, that the regulation violated their rights under the First Amendment's free exercise clause and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act.
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That makes finding another job difficult for the talented reporter until his greatest scoop falls right in his lap thanks to Christian Longo (Franco), an accused killer of his own children who was living under Finkel's name in California before his capture, claiming he was a fan of the writer's work.
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The state's highest court this month ruled against a coalition of poor rural districts, which claimed that significant differences between rich and poor jurisdictions violated the right to an education under the state constitution.
With the support of the Colorado Education Association, the Denver Classroom Teachers Association, along with five teachers, sued the Denver Public Schools, claiming that the mutual - consent provision violated the teachers» contract clause and property rights under the Colorado Constitution.
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