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11 Dec 2013, 7:28 am
It seems reasonable to read the words "such jurisdiction" in the phrase as referring back to the jurisdiction in which the judge is sitting; i.e., in this case, the District of Columbia, since the provision mentions no other jurisdiction. [read post]
10 Dec 2013, 10:53 am by emagraken
Under that rule, the discretion was governed by the principles discussed by Finch C.J.B.C. in Sutherland v. [read post]
9 Dec 2013, 7:46 pm by Mary Pat Dwyer
Jewell 13-56Issue: (1) Whether – as the Third, Seventh, and Eleventh Circuits hold – a district court possesses authority to prevent circumvention of its orders by imposing sanctions on conduct that violates the understood purpose of an injunction, but not its explicit terms, or whether – as the First, Second, Fifth, and Tenth Circuits hold – the four corners of an injunction’s text limit a district court’s civil contempt authority; (2)… [read post]
6 Dec 2013, 9:06 pm by Lyle Denniston
Mitchell, Texas’s state solicitor general, for state and local government parties, with twenty minutes, and Peter D. [read post]
4 Dec 2013, 8:09 am by Nicholas Tomsho
[JURIST] The US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit [official website] on Tuesday affirmed [opinion, PDF] the district court's denial of a writ of habeas corpus for Guantanamo detainee Abdul Razak Ali. [read post]
3 Dec 2013, 1:05 pm by Andrew Koppelman
A story in today's New York Times, about a new wave of legal challenges to the Affordable Care Act, includes the following description of a remarkably principled individual:One plaintiff in the District of Columbia case, David Klemencic, the sole owner of a carpet and flooring store in the town of Ellenboro, W.Va., was also a plaintiff in the constitutional challenge to the individual mandate. [read post]
25 Nov 2013, 10:58 am by Dave Maass
EFF filed its lawsuit in DC in May 2011 and appealed when the district court sided with government. [read post]
21 Nov 2013, 6:34 am by Legal Profession Prof
The District of Columbia Court of Appeals has ordered disbarment of an attorney convicted of obstruction of justice and other offenses. [read post]
20 Nov 2013, 8:30 am by D. Daxton White
North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) The North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA) is an association of 67 securities regulators which included state regulators from all 50 US States, in addition to provincial and territorial securities regulatory agencies from the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the U.S. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 9:02 pm by J. Gordon Hylton
The same month, Congress abolished slavery in the District of Columbia by compensating the slave owners and by offering support for those who were free to emigrate to the West Indies. [read post]
19 Nov 2013, 11:14 am by Raúl
They also provide Government Relations and Lobbying Services to Businesses operating in Maryland and The District of Columbia. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 3:07 pm by Eugene Volokh
Today, magazines and newspapers such as the NRA’s American Rifleman, the Sierra Club’s Sierra, the Knights of Columbus’ Columbia, the United Methodist Church’s Newscope, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Oakland’s The Catholic Voice, and the Southern Christian Leadership Conference’s SCLC Magazine follow this tradition. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 7:35 am by Lauren Bateman
District Court for the District of Columbia had dismissed the suit on February 1, 2013. [read post]
18 Nov 2013, 4:56 am
District Court for the District of Columbia 2013). [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 2:30 pm by Dan Ernst
Despite its importance to foreign relations, the recognition power was not enumerated in the United States Constitution or discussed in the Constitutional Convention or ratification debates.A recent decision of the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, Zivotofsky ex rel. [read post]
15 Nov 2013, 11:14 am by Fraud Fighters
Of the total $11 million settlement, the federal government will receive $8 million and the rest will be divided among the District of Columbia and the eight states who participated in the suit (California, Florida, Hawaii, Illinois, Massachusetts, New York, Nevada and Virginia), as well as the qui tam whistleblower, Ms. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 9:02 pm by John Dean
 Republicans do not need numbers or popular support to govern by obstructionism or extortion. [read post]
14 Nov 2013, 6:07 pm by Epstein Becker Green
ENDA proposes new federal law; however, twenty-one states (and the District of Columbia) already have laws prohibiting discrimination in employment on the basis of sexual orientation and/or gender identity. [read post]
13 Nov 2013, 2:27 pm by Maura Greene
  And only 17 states and the District of Columbia have laws that prohibit transgender discrimination in the workplace. [read post]