Sentences with phrase «subjects of court cases»

Non-competition agreements can be a thorny legal issue and are often the subject of court cases between buyers and sellers after a business is sold.

Second, would racial integration improve the equity of learning outcomes in general and in the Louisville and Seattle districts that are the subjects of the Court case?

Not exact matches

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.

Ironically, the Court's interpretations of the establishment clause have probably contributed more to religious divisiveness in America than the practices that were the subjects of the Court's cases.

A major part of the problem is that though Immanuel Kant wrote about dignity in the 18th century and the word was in use even earlier, strong efforts to elucidate and work with it have not been made (as have been made for, say, the notion of human rights, the subject of innumerable books, essays and court cases).

«This is the first case in the United States in which a court has affirmed that how a church conducts its baptisms is only the business of the church and is not subject to interference by the civil courts,» attorney John Tucker said.

And after viewing depictions of sexual violence, subjects in simulated court cases are more likely to blame victims and less likely to convict offenders.

The court heard from prosecutor Edward Lucas who said: «The weddings that form the subject of this case were neither conducted correctly or legally and their sole purpose was to facilitate an industrial - scale abuse of the system of immigration control within the UK.»

The memo, which was circulated to prison governors on November 26th, reads: «The criminal casework directorate (CCD) of the Border and Immigration Agency have confirmed to us that as a rule they have no interest in pursuing foreign national prisoners serving sentences of less than 12 months for deportation unless they have a court recommendation for deportation, are already subject to deportation proceedings, or (in the case of non-EEA nationals) were sentenced to less than 12 months but where the current sentence plus one or two previous sentences within the last five years (taking account of the most significant sentences during the period) total 12 months or more.»

the fact that the outcome positions of the entire court can almost always be foretold just by looking at the subject matter of a case says that it is a court of private opinion - not of proper, dispassionate legal interpretation.

In the case of the Second Amendment, the relevant courts, such as the U.S. Supreme Court in the District of Columbia v. Heller, 554 U.S. 570 (2008) case have held that the right is subject to reasonable regulation.

Prosecutors in Bharara's office filed court papers in two separate corruption cases giving notice that they were adding the pensions of two state senators, a city councilman and two other officials to the list of property subject to forfeiture if the officials are convicted.

The Government and the Attorney - General also find it «honourable» to smuggle into the White Paper on the Commissioner's report the Balkan Energy Ghana case which was argued by me as the Attorney - General before the Supreme Court and conclusively decided in favour of the Republic and was not the subject of the Commissioner's enquiry.

This means that any extension would not only be: - subject to a specific case being made by the Director of Public Prosecutions; - subject every seven days up to the agreed limit to the approval of a High Court Judge; - subject to the regular report of the independent reviewer with an annual debate in parliament; - but also be subject in each and every instance to a specific parliamentary notification procedure, to a further statement to parliament on the individual case, a review on the specific case by the independent reviewer and with the provision for this House to scrutinise and debate the report and all the circumstances.

This is perfectly understandable to me within the general context of the investigation in which the allegation had arisen, and considering that I have lately come to also realize that two of my colleagues in chambers had been involved as defence counsel in two cases before the subject judge amongst twelve cases in all they have ever done at the Industrial Court since inception.

The Research Foundation itself is subject to FOIL because of a court case filed against the sprawling, multi-billion dollar foundation by the Times Union.

Courts have generally held that due to this dual nature tribes have immunity from federal civil cases, most of the time, and are not subject to laws of States the reservation is on.

Anyone interested in this subject matter should examine how academics make these predictions in the case of the United States Supreme Court.»

When the prosecution answered in the affirmative, the court then stood down the case for ten minutes and directed counsel to meet and agree on certain conditions for bail for the defendants which would be subjected to the approval of the court.

He added, «Since Mr. Ayo Fayose has not paid attention to the fact and circumstances of the case, I advise him to study my explanation that the house in question is a subject matter of a pending suit before the Federal High Court and that the house has been forfeited to AMCON in the interim.

The Section says: «Subject to subsection (2) of this section, if the Tribunal or the Court as the case may be, determines that a candidate who was returned as elected was not validly elected on any ground, the tribunal or the Court shall nullify the election.

The reforms will also mean less cases needing to go to court, which in some cases will eliminate the need for details of victims» lives to be the subject of courtroom wrangling and in all cases will mean that compensation will be paid out more speedily.

But while Judge Pham agreed that the technique had been subject to testing and peer review, it flunked on the other two points suggested by the Supreme Court to weigh cases like this one: the test of proven accuracy and general acceptance by scientists.

The health - claim strategy evolved into «low - tar» claims that became the subject of a Supreme Court case in October 2008.

Cioca's superiors told her that she would be court - martialed for lying if she went forward with her case; almost all of the film's seven subjects recall similar threats of retaliation.

The Lovings were the subject of a Life magazine photo essay at the time, and a Supreme Court case that ultimately struck down prohibitions on mixed - race marriages.

The unanimous decision, which marked the first time the high court had heard a case on the subject, clears the way for Laramie County School District No. 1 to pursue its $ 200,000 negligence and breach - of - contract claim against the architects of a school that began to crumble less than 10 years after it was built.

The landmark 1964 Supreme Court case outlined the rules of the game for newspapers, stating what they could print without being guilty of libel and subject to damages.

«(a) COMPENSATION - The district court shall, subject to regulations approved by the Judicial Conference of the United States, establish the amount of compensation, if any, that each arbitrator or neutral shall receive for services rendered in each case under this chapter.

Featuring George Clooney, Brad Pitt, Martin Sheen, and other well - known actors, this audio presentation of a play based on the closing arguments of a California court case to overturn a same - sex marriage amendment is marked by stirring performances and thought - provoking subject matter.

The Clayton Act, as amended by the APPA, requires that proposed consent judgments in antitrust cases brought by the United States be subject to a sixty - day comment period, after which the court shall determine whether entry of the proposed Final Judgment «is in the public interest.»

The subject of retirement account withdrawals and the 10 % penalty is worthy of its own series of blog posts, but for today I'm just going to focus on the issue of foreclosure, because that was what the court case revolved around.

Because the home office deduction is a complex area that has been the subject of much controversy and many court cases, you may want to look at more detailed discussions of this deduction in IRS Publication 587: Business Use of Your Home.

After several years and dozens of court cases, referred to as the «Brown Dog Affair,» the medical community began to adopt humane treatment guidelines for their canine test subjects.

Subject to approval of the bankruptcy court overseeing THQ's case, Nordic have confirmed that Darksiders, Red Faction, MX vs. ATV, Titan Quest, Supreme Commander, Frontlines, Stuntman, Juiced, Full Spectrum Warrior, Destroy All Humans are just the tip of the iceberg.

Inevitably, the subject of the recent court case against him for plagiarism arose, nicely adding colour to the conversation.

But on Wednesday, the Peggy Guggenheim art collection will be the subject of a bitter court case in Paris pitting the mighty Guggenheim Foundation against two of the American art lover's grandchildren.

The heavy hand of the fossil fuel industry works mostly in legal ways such as the «I'm an Energy Voter» campaign in the U.S. Failure of executive and legislative branches to deal with climate change makes it essential for courts, less subject to pressure and bribery from special financial interests, to step in and protect young people, as they did minorities in the case of civil rights.

[2] Although there have been few cases on the subject, the Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals addressed these concerns in United States v. Briggs.

Citing a line of cases giving state agencies preferential treatment compared to «persons,» the court ruled that a state agency is not a «person» subject to FATA investigations.

The previous leading case in Canada on this subject of wrongful life was in Lacroix v. Dominique at the Manitoba Court of Appeal.

Yesterday morning, the court released an opinion (PDF) denying the District's motion to vacate the consent order, which subjects the District's treatment of mentally disabled citizens to continuing judicial scrutiny, and dismiss the case.

The Court held that the data processing in the present case was capable of being covered by Article 7 (f)[73] which requires a balancing of the opposing rights and interests of the data subject and the data controller, while taking into account the Charter rights to data protection and privacy [74].

After restating Becker's rationale, the court set out its conclusions thus: «[18] On the basis of those considerations, the Court has held in a series of cases that unconditional and sufficiently precise provisions of a directive could be relied on against organizations or bodies which were subject to the authority or control of the State or had special powers beyond those which result from the normal rules applicable to relations between individuals.&rcourt set out its conclusions thus: «[18] On the basis of those considerations, the Court has held in a series of cases that unconditional and sufficiently precise provisions of a directive could be relied on against organizations or bodies which were subject to the authority or control of the State or had special powers beyond those which result from the normal rules applicable to relations between individuals.&rCourt has held in a series of cases that unconditional and sufficiently precise provisions of a directive could be relied on against organizations or bodies which were subject to the authority or control of the State or had special powers beyond those which result from the normal rules applicable to relations between individuals.»

Going further in the analysis, the Court validates the argument of perceived conflicts of interests in each of the present cases precisely because both times, the data subjects concerned are decision makers who hold two positions or two interests that can be perceived as conflicting.

The term gerrymandering dates to the early 19th century and has been the subject of U.S. Supreme Court cases going back decades with very little resolution of the issue.

However, in the case named above the Court of Schleswig - Holstein justifies its decision by saying that the level of violence applied by the person subject to the EAW was not strong enough to be considered as «High Treason», referring to German jurisdiction.

In that case the exclusive English High Court jurisdiction and English governing law clauses were contained in a share sale agreement which was the subject of High Court proceedings against the German defendant.

In the latter case, before an enforcement application can be made, an application must be made to the court first for a warning notice to be attached to the order and the party who is subject to the order must be informed of the notice.

As a result, access to retained data should, with the exception of cases of validly established urgency, be subject to a prior review by a court or an independent administrative authority at the request of the competent national authorities [120].