Sentences with phrase «separate civil case»

Bryant settled a separate civil case for an undisclosed sum.

He also admitted he lied under oath in 2013 in a separate civil case.

In a separate civil case, a Hamburg court in May granted an injunction ordering Boehmermann not to repeat most of the offending poem.

Not exact matches

In a separate case, the Justice Department filed civil charges against S&P in February 2013, accusing it of failing to warn investors that the housing market was collapsing in 2006 because it would be bad for business.

In a separate action, Venditto was granted a delay by U.S. District Judge Joan Azrack in filing his pretrial motions in the case this week because he said he is also simultaneously preparing reply papers in a civil action being considered by the Securities and Exchange Commission involving Oyster Bay's finances in its dealings with Singh.

The motive for the distinction relied upon in both cases is the same (prejudice), and the loss to the individuals is the same, since even if separate were equal, the latter status (civil partnership) would be in some sense inherently inferior.

An interview with Professor Gary Orfield, Co-Director of the Civil Rights Project at Harvard May 2004 marks 50 years since the landmarkBrown v. Board of Education Supreme Court case that declared «separate not equal» and jumpstarted a legally mandated approach to desegregate the nation's schools.

The Brown v. Board of Education case helped create the civil rights movement of the 1960s by determining that in this country «separate educational facilities are inherently unequal» and a violation of the Equal Protection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment of the United States Constitution.

n separate cases, the U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) today assessed civil penalties against Continental Airlines and US Airways for violating the Department's rules prohibiting deceptive price advertising in air travel.

ND: That's right, yes, so that's a separate case — so the lawyer contacted them about the website or about the civil case but not — I did talk to several police officers, and they both advised me to file the bond — the good behavior bond — to keep her from continuing to threaten me.

The judge concluded that the celebrity's own ongoing civil claims of sexual assault in a separate proceeding posed a possible bias in the case at hand, which involves serious criminal charges of a sexual nature.

So why would your conviction in a separate criminal case have any impact on your civil case?

The civil legal aid helpline offers free confidential advice on debt and housing (if your home is at risk), domestic abuse, separating from an abusive partner, a child being taken into care, special education needs, discrimination and some child abduction cases.

The case brings together three separate challenges from the following groups and individuals: the American Civil Liberties Union, Amnesty International, Bytes for All, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, the Hungarian Civil Liberties Union, the Irish Council for Civil Liberties, the Legal Resources Centre, Liberty and Privacy International; Big Brother Watch, Open Rights Group, English Pen and Dr Constanze Kurz; the Bureau of Investigative Journalism and Alice Ross.

This wrongful death case is handled in civil court and is separate from any criminal case brought by prosecutors.

This is a civil case and is completely separate from any criminal action that may also be pursued by the state.

While some criminal courts will impose orders of restitution on convicted offenders to be paid to the victim (s), this is separate and apart from civil liability, which should be explored in cases involving serious injuries.

In 2008, amendments to the Human Rights Code («Code») permitted Ontario civil courts to hear human rights cases for the first time provided that the claimant also had a separate issue that would -LSB-...]

In 2008, amendments to the Human Rights Code («Code») permitted Ontario civil courts to hear human rights cases for the first time provided that the claimant also had a separate issue that would normally be within the jurisdiction of the civil courts.

Personal injury cases that deal with assault are separate from the criminal prosecution, where a victim can pursue civil damages for injuries caused by an assault or battery attack.

I am pretty sure that there is something illegal about this, When I was taking criminal and civil law classes in college it was hammered into us that the Executive Branch is to be separate form the Judicial Branch and not interfere with the Juducial Branch or try to alter Criminal sentence or give direction on how to sentence an offender or rule on a case.