If only a «man» and a «woman» can get «married», then you have to have CLEAR definitions of all 3 terms so that you can
rule in each case whether 2 people can «marry» or not.
Not exact matches
The IRS decides
whether these arrangements are legal on a
case - by -
case basis, so the
rules aren't set
in stone.
Now, with Montgomery v. Louisiana, the court must decide
whether that
rule can be applied retroactively: Henry Montgomery, the plaintiff
in that
case, shot and killed a Louisiana sheriff when he was 17 years old — way back
in 1963.
Unless
rules governing narrow situations like this one are clearly spelled out, it would be hard to determine
whether a company was simply conveying information or giving investment advice,
in which
case it would have to register as a broker - dealer.
US Supreme Court justices appeared unsure on Tuesday
whether to
rule against online TV startup Aereo
in a major copyright
case.
Observed the report: «The context
in which the policy was adopted and even the issue of
whether a
rule or policy has been actually adopted are also important
in these
cases.»
The European Court of Justice is expected to
rule this year
in a major
case centered on
whether Uber should be treated as a taxi service, which would mean it was subject to rigorous safety and employment
rules, or merely as an online platform connecting independent drivers and waiting passengers.
Be sure to ask
whether your state regulator has received notice of the offering or,
in the
case of a
Rule 504 offering, cleared the offering for sale
in your state.
This is particularly true
in cases where the new
rules single out certain activities as especially concerning and impose further taxes,
whether in the form of higher capital charges, more stringent regulatory supervision or activity - specific legal and regulatory costs and restrictions.
In difficult
cases one asks not (for instance)
whether the
rule against murder has exceptions but
whether this kind of
case counts as murder - a question of analogical judgment.
However, it is certainly very much to be desired that a sober thinker would for once explain how far this purely logical process, which recalls the grammatical
rule that two negatives make an affirmative, and the mathematical
rule that two minuses are a plus — how far, I say, this logical process is valid
in the world of reality,
in the world of qualities;
whether after all the qualities are not subject to a different dialectic;
whether in this
case «transition» does not play a different rôle.
The Conseil went beyond American
case law, though,
in announcing presumptive
rules for display of a crèche that depend on
whether the display is inside or outside a public building.
He then brought a new
case in the federal courts to consider, among other things,
whether a state could reverse the «once free, always free» principle under which the St. Louis County Court had
ruled in Scott's favor.
The only thing that might come back to Trump is
whether or not he was aware of the Stormy Daniels pay off,
in which
case, it's
in violation with some
rules of campaign finances.
What is debatable is
whether performance
in rule - application and
case - handling should be judged to have got a bit worse or a lot worse on such evidence.
The judge
in the
case noted that Silver took a «number of official acts — most obviously passing legislation and approving state grants and tax - exempt financing — as part of a quid pro quo, but there remained a «substantial question» on
whether the court's jury instructions were valid
in light of the McDonnell
ruling.
Gorsuch declined to say
whether Roe vs. Wade, the landmark Supreme Court
case that legalized abortion, was correctly decided more than four decades ago, but did say that if Trump had asked him to
rule in a certain way involving Roe, «I would've walked out the door.
In many
cases they are those who are allegedly responsible for observing
whether the
rules are observed.
The judge who will
rule on the matter, state Supreme Court Judge Lisa Fisher — who was elected
in a 2014 upset running as a Republican — noted at one point that there is «a thin line on
whether the court can hear this
case.»
Doug Burns, a former Eastern District prosecutor from Nassau County, said the «cardinal
rule»
in the government's use of a cooperating witness is «
whether or not what they say can be backed up or corroborated by other evidence
in the
case.»
Saratoga County district attorney Charles B. Andrus, the county's government appeal agent, recently asked the district exemption board
whether exceptions could be made to this
rule in cases of obvious hardship.
But the
rules governing
whether a prosecutor must step down from a
case in which they may have a conflict of interest are generally discretionary and left to the judgment of the prosecutor, the attorneys said.
With further seat reductions possible if further member states join the European Union, there may be a need to consider
whether the
rules shaping the redrawing of European election boundaries needs to be revised (to possibly allow for larger constituencies — even a national constituency) or to also consider
whether there may be scope for using an alternative set of electoral
rules (e.g. a List system)
in the specific
case of European elections, especially if the option of having one single constituency for the entire State was to be pursued at a later date.
Topics
in the Q&A included the source of money for the City's planned pre-K advertising campaign, the City's target number of pre-K applicants,
whether Speaker Silver thinks the proposed income tax surcharge should be pursued next year, how the pre-K selection process will work, how the City will cover the approximately $ 40 million annual gap between the estimated cost of pre-K and the amount provided
in the state budget, when parents will learn
whether their pre-K application has been accepted, how the City will collect data and measure success of the pre-K program,
whether the existing pre-K application process will be changed, how the City will use money from the anticipated school bond issue, the mayor's reaction to a 2nd Circuit
ruling that City may bar religious groups from renting after - hours space
in public schools, the status on a proposed restaurant
in Union Square, a tax break included
in the state budget that provides millions of dollars to a Bronx condominium project, the «shop & frisk» meeting today between the Rev. Al Sharpton and Police Commissioner Bratton and a pending HPD
case against a Brooklyn landlord.
A Manhattan Supreme Court justice recently
ruled that the tenured professor can keep his position until a special hearing is held to determine
whether he can stay on, but he has to post a $ 350,000 bond
in case he loses so the school can easily recover his salary and other costs if it wins, The Post exclusively reported earlier this month.
The U.S. Supreme Court's
ruling in the so - called Citizens United
case, which allowed almost unchecked independent expenditures by corporations and unions, also made it nearly impossible for candidates to block outside campaign efforts,
whether positive or negative — unlike direct campaign contributions.
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is busy girding itself for a fight over new greenhouse gas emissions
rules, the U.S. Supreme Court heard arguments today
in a
case on
whether lawsuits over climate ought to be permitted.
W: When you look at systems that self - organize into complex behaviors and understand what the
rules are, the bigger question becomes
whether there are situations
in which your understanding of the individual
cases can help you predict the behavior of the complex system.
Indeed, the preliminary
ruling in the Roche
case directly addressed the issue of informed consent, and hinged on
whether Mr. Roche had given consent for the future implantation of any non-transferred embryos [75].
In ruling on any discovery dispute or extension request, the arbitrator shall take into consideration the nature, amount, and scope of the underlying arbitration claim, the cost and other effort what would be involved in providing the requested discovery, the case schedule, and whether the requested discovery is necessary for the adequate preparation of a claim or defens
In ruling on any discovery dispute or extension request, the arbitrator shall take into consideration the nature, amount, and scope of the underlying arbitration claim, the cost and other effort what would be involved
in providing the requested discovery, the case schedule, and whether the requested discovery is necessary for the adequate preparation of a claim or defens
in providing the requested discovery, the
case schedule, and
whether the requested discovery is necessary for the adequate preparation of a claim or defense.
Brett Myers, a Dallas lawyer representing Machete Productions, told Watchdog.org that the production company is considering
whether to take their
case to the U.S. Supreme Court after the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
in New Orleans
ruled against them
in December.
The Connecticut Supreme Court
in 2010
ruled that every child is entitled to an «adequate» education, and sent the
case back to the lower court to determine
whether the state is providing that.
As for
whether the school has a contingency plan
in case the state Supreme Court
rules that charter schools are unconstitutional, Chen said he's not too concerned right now.
In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et al., ten public school teachers are asking the High Court to strike down Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, a 1977 case that sanctioned agency shop rules that permit unions to dock a teacher's pay regardless of whether they want to be a member of a union and represented in union activitie
In Friedrichs v. California Teachers Association et al., ten public school teachers are asking the High Court to strike down Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, a 1977
case that sanctioned agency shop
rules that permit unions to dock a teacher's pay regardless of
whether they want to be a member of a union and represented
in union activitie
in union activities.
But the most serious concern about the consolidation
rule is
whether or not the scorers can accurately associate inquiries with the correct loan type — especially
in the
case of mortgages.
If you are not sure
whether the statute of limitations applies
in your
case — the
rules vary from state - to - state — simply ask the collection agency if your debt is «time - barred» meaning the statute of limitations has run out.
Whether you can process cruelty
cases using contacts depends on the
rules in your city / county / state.
If the defense had gone forward,
whether the jury
ruled in their favor or not, it would have made settling the other
cases impossible — they would have spent the next five years
in court.
In which
case, double check to see
whether there are any guidelines or
rules to follow.
The court is currently hearing a substantive challenge to the interpretive
rule, and
in light of today's
ruling, the hemp industry is optimistic that the Court will ultimately invalidate the DEA's
rule, as one of the prime criteria
in granting the Stay was
whether the hemp industry is likely to ultimately prevail on the merits of the
case.
ordvic,
in each
case whether it is a scientist that says something or a journalist that quotes them, the
rule is to check the published reports and original press releases from the scientists, which tell you what is supported by what evidence.
In case there was any question about
whether the three judge panel had lost patience with the states and industry groups, the Court focused briefly on a request to overturn the Timing
Rule.
Little did I know that,
in the dank toilet of DC justice, they can, on the one hand, have two trial judges simultaneously
ruling on the same
case while, on the other hand, be entirely unaware of
whether their own anti-SLAPP law is appealable and thus require a decision from the Appeals Court on
whether the law is appealable before the appeal can be appealed.
My question was I guess more
whether it could really be
ruled out, or
whether it was obviously a ridiculous speculation on some other grounds... How you go about testing for a series of steps seems to be a bit of an issue
in this
case, given the amount of internal noise
in the climate system..
In the simplest case, the total social benefit from level x of good X is simply a sum across individuals of the individual benefits that result from a level x of good X. (I'm glossing over some very interesting issues here, especially interpersonal comparability of benefit, and whether additivity is the right aggregation rule, but that's life in a vanilla utilitarian world
In the simplest
case, the total social benefit from level x of good X is simply a sum across individuals of the individual benefits that result from a level x of good X. (I'm glossing over some very interesting issues here, especially interpersonal comparability of benefit, and
whether additivity is the right aggregation
rule, but that's life
in a vanilla utilitarian world
in a vanilla utilitarian world.)
It seems that
rules for getting Greenguard certification don't assess relative levels of goodness, just
whether it is better than the standard they set, which
in this
case is 1 / 10th the American workplace standard or the National Ambient Air Quality Standard set by the EPA.
It held that while the data subject's right to privacy and data protection override «as a general
rule» the interest of internet users
in having access to information, the balance
in specific
cases may depend on other factors (such as the nature of the data and
whether the public had an interest
in it)[81].
Key factors the study looked at
in assigning grades were
whether state law mandates the appointment of attorneys for children
in dependency proceedings;
whether these attorneys represent the children
in a client - directed manner;
whether the representation continues throughout the
case, including appeal;
whether states provide attorneys with specialized training;
whether the child is given the legal status of a party to the proceedings; and
whether rules pertaining to confidentiality and immunity from liability apply to attorneys representing these children.
Last week, U.S. Judge Royce Lamberth of the federal court
in D.C. issued a
ruling permitting the
case to go forward, finding that there were valid questions as to
whether Wachovia acted legally when it terminated the loan.
In that
case, U.S. District Judge George Daniels
ruled that Congress, not the courts, should decide
whether Trump is violating the Constitution by failing to divest his business holdings.