Sentences with phrase «supreme court districts»

The state shall be divided into at least six supreme court districts, and at least one judge shall be elected from each.

It would amend the existing statute (R.S. 13:101) to provide for 9 supreme court districts, dividing District 4 in a District 4 - A and District 4 - B and dividing District 5 into a 5 - A and 5 - B, with 5 - B made entirely of East Baton Rouge Parish and 5 - A of the rest of the existing District 5.

The Westchester Republican County Committee helps elect qualified Republican Judges to the 9th State Supreme Court District, which includes Westchester County, as well as Westchester County Court, Westchester Family Court and Westchester County Surrogate's Court.

Charles Waterbury Office: State Supreme Court District: statewide place 5 City: Dallas County: Dallas State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

Rodolfo Munoz Office: State Supreme Court District: place 3 City: San Antonio County: Bexar State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

Jim Chisholm Office: State Supreme Court District: statewide place 9 City: College Station County: Brazos State: Texas Election date: 11/08/2016 Elected: No

Not exact matches

«While we had significant victories in the federal district courts in New York and Boston and the Second Circuit Court of Appeals, the reversal of the Second Circuit decision in June by the U.S. Supreme Court has proven difficult to overcome,» Kanojia conceded in a blog post titled «The «Next Chapter.»

The March for Life case may well wind up before the Supreme Court, as the federal government is expected to appeal the case to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Court, The New York Times reports.

The Virginia residents challenging their state districting plan said the lower court ignored a 2015 Supreme Court decision about Alabama in which Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the four more liberal justices to order a review of state legislative distrcourt ignored a 2015 Supreme Court decision about Alabama in which Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the four more liberal justices to order a review of state legislative distrCourt decision about Alabama in which Justice Anthony Kennedy joined the four more liberal justices to order a review of state legislative districts.

In the 2008 District of Columbia v. Heller case, the Supreme Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as Court ruled 5 - 4 that the Second Amendment protects a person's right to own guns — at a federal level — and in 2010 the court said that protection applies at a local level as court said that protection applies at a local level as well.

He has also filed amicus briefs in landmark patent and other cases to district courts, the Federal Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court involving patenting issues relevant to biotechnology.

Just 16 states and the District of Columbia have set up their own health insurance marketplaces, which left millions of residents in the 34 states that rely on exchanges run by the federal government vulnerable to the Supreme Court's ruling.

Mr. Bruckner is licensed to practice in New York and New Jersey and is admitted to practice before the United States District Court for the Eastern and Southern Districts of New York, the United States District Court for the District of New Jersey, United States Court of Appeals for the Second and Seventh Circuits, and the United States Supreme Court.

Among the many notable decisions of the U.S. Supreme Court in the area of religion was the 1963 case Abington Township School District v. Schempp, which held that tax - supported schools were only allowed to teach about religion.

A federal district court, Judge Barbara Rothstein presiding, noted a long line of Supreme Court cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.&rcourt, Judge Barbara Rothstein presiding, noted a long line of Supreme Court cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.&rCourt cases protecting «personal decisions relating to marriage, procreation, contraception, family relationships, child rearing, and education.»

The United States Supreme Court denied an appeal Tuesday from Bishop Harry Jackson to hold a ballot initiative in the District of Columbia that would, if approved, have overturned the District's same - sex marriage policy.

Whitehead notes that many school districts continue to resist the Equal Access Act, passed by Congress seven years ago and upheld as constitutional by an 8 - to - l vote of the Supreme Court.

«Mr. Jeffs, although presumed innocent, has now been incarcerated for more than four years on charges that, given the [Utah] supreme court's opinion clarifying the law in Utah, will be difficult if not impossible for the state to sustain,» defense attorneys wrote in the motion filed in Utah's Third District Court earlier this mcourt's opinion clarifying the law in Utah, will be difficult if not impossible for the state to sustain,» defense attorneys wrote in the motion filed in Utah's Third District Court earlier this mCourt earlier this month.

In a decision that is encouraging for the mediating - structures approach, the Supreme Court held (5 - 4) in Boiuen v. Kendrick that the AFLA is constitutional on its face, remanding the case to the District Court for consideration of whether it had been applied unconstitutionally in specific instances.

The judge noted, however, that the Supreme Court has decided that school districts are not required to rectify racial imbalances in residential housing.

He filed a lawsuit against the District of Columbia after the elections board refused a ballot initiative on same - sex marriage, and when denied, followed it all the way up to the US Supreme Court (which also denied it).

Now, after defending Prop 8 at trial in U.S. district court, and in the Ninth Circuit, and in arguments to the Supreme Court, the proponents of the amendment have been told they lack standing to appeal the adverse trial rucourt, and in the Ninth Circuit, and in arguments to the Supreme Court, the proponents of the amendment have been told they lack standing to appeal the adverse trial ruCourt, the proponents of the amendment have been told they lack standing to appeal the adverse trial ruling.

Like others who support the original understanding of the Constitution, I disagree with many of the Supreme Court's decisions under the establishment clause, but in our system of government a federal - district judge like Judge Jones is bound by those decisions.

In a case similar to the Gaidry case, New Iberia Extract Co. v. McIlhenny Sons, the New Iberia Company had recently recovered damages against McIlhenny Sons in the Supreme Court of Louisiana, on a similar cause of action, New Iberia Extract Co. v. E. McIlhenny, 182 La. 150 [8 T. M. Rep. 189], the decision having been based largely on the judgment of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia, cancelling the Mcllhenny Company registration of «Tabasco» as its trade - mark.

The Park District and the city also disregarded long - standing rulings by the Illinois and U.S. Supreme Courts that public property can not be used for a private interest, said Herbert Caplan, one of the attorneys for the residents committee.

The Illinois Supreme Court declined to hear an appeal over the Park District of La Grange's proposed sale of a piece of Gordon Park, clearing the Park District to move forward if it can find a buyer.

The Supreme Court's decision not to hear the Friends» appeal is an affirmation of the law and the process by which park districts may deem land unusable and sell it, Bush said.

The Illinois Supreme Court recently declined to hear the Friends» appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the Park District of La Grange to sell a 2.82 - acre piece of the Court recently declined to hear the Friends» appeal of a lower court's decision allowing the Park District of La Grange to sell a 2.82 - acre piece of the court's decision allowing the Park District of La Grange to sell a 2.82 - acre piece of the park.

After the redistricting plan went to the Supreme Court, only one district was found to be unconstitutionally gerrymandered, a decision that was considered a defeat by several groups.

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.

With ballot counting completed in the 8th Senate district, Democratic candidate John Brooks leads Republican incumbent Michael Venditto by 41 votes, an outcome that is almost certainly headed to state Supreme Court in the undecided race for the state Senate seat on Long Island.

Mr Justice McCombe's ruling at the high court, which upheld a ruling originally made by a district judge at Salford magistrates court, is to be challenged at the supreme court.

Also at 11 a.m., NYC Public Advocate Letitia James, Brooklyn District Attorney Eric Gonzalez and Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. call on U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement to rescind its new courthouse policy, New York State Supreme Court, 60 Centre St., Manhattan.

In an era of deep partisan division, the U.S. Supreme Court could soon decide whether the drawing of electoral districts can be too political.

On January 1, 1995, she was appointed Solicitor General for the State of New York by Attorney General Dennis C. Vacco and served in that capacity until appointed, in September 1996, by Governor George E. Pataki to fill a vacancy in the State Supreme Court, Third Judicial District.

In 2005, he was elected as a Justice of the Supreme Court for the Ninth Judicial District and went on to serve as an Associate Justice of the Appellate Term for the Ninth and Tenth Judicial Districts.

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The oral arguments were the final step before the state Supreme Court rules in a years - long litigious battle over the district lines.

But U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni agreed Wednesday to allow Silver to remain free until at least Aug. 31 as he waits for the U.S. Supreme Court to rule on the case of former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell, which Silver's legal team believes could have an impact on his case.

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The legislator and Bronx Democratic Party chairman filed petitions that included multiple duplicate signatures, voters who did not live in his Assembly district and signatures from voters who said they never signed the sheets, according to the complaint filed in Bronx Supreme Court.

As a Supreme Court Justice, Judge Fahey was assigned to handle a civil calendar as well as criminal Special Term and presided over a variety of cases in Erie County as well as the outlying counties in the Eighth Judicial District.

Craig Hammerman, former Community Board 6 district manager, was arraigned on forgery charges at the Kings County Supreme Court building, located at 360 Adams St. in Brooklyn, on Monday, the Brooklyn District Attorney's Offidistrict manager, was arraigned on forgery charges at the Kings County Supreme Court building, located at 360 Adams St. in Brooklyn, on Monday, the Brooklyn District Attorney's OffiDistrict Attorney's Office said.

The U.S. attorney's office for the Eastern District of Virginia had pushed to move forward and retry the McDonnells even after the Supreme Court ruling that would have made their case substantially more difficult.

The Second Circuit found that a new Supreme Court decision narrowing public corruption laws in a case involving former Virginia Gov. Robert McDonnell required different instructions than those used by Manhattan U.S. District Judge Valerie Caproni.

Mindy Meyer, a 22 - year - old Orthodox Jewish intern in Kings County Supreme Court, is running on the Republican and Conservative party lines against Democrat Kevin Parker in Brooklyn's new 21st Senate District, but her official website is decidedly unorthodox.

A state Supreme Court justice has thrown out a petition by Rensselaer County District Attorney Joel E. Abelove that sought to undo the state attorney general's power to take over cases in which unarmed civilians are killed by police.

He has 700 - 800 federal and district judicial appointments to fill (twice the number Obama had in 2008), and Supreme Court nominations.

In 1967, following the United States Supreme Court ruling requiring that all legislative districts be approximately equal in population, the voters of Erie County, in a special referendum, authorized the establishment of a 20 member County Legislature to replace the Board of Supervisors.

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