• Plaintiff-appellant Thomas Steel, Inc. appeals from summary judgment entered in favor of defendants-appellees Wilson Bennett, Inc. and Safeco Insurance Company of America on their payment bond arising out of certain subcontract work performed by plaintiff at Cleveland Hopkins Airport. (findlaw.com)
  • Simms Steel's subcontract with Wilson Bennett was based on a purchase order agreement, dated May 12, 1992, with plaintiff Thomas Steel to supply the structural steel and other accessories needed to frame the ARFF building and EV-9 for the contract price of $207,000. (findlaw.com)
  • The PEOPLE of the State of Colorado, Plaintiff-Appellee, v. Samuel GALLEGOS, a/k/a Felix Vialpando, a/k/a Daniel Gallegos, Defendant-Appellant. (justia.com)
  • Defendant Masood Ghamaty appeals a judgment for plaintiff Colony Hill on its declaratory relief action. (krigerlawfirm.com)
  • 3 Although that court has jurisdiction over all appeals from federal trial courts in patent infringement cases, it has no power to review state court decisions on questions of patent law. (cornell.edu)
  • Regarding Oklahoma's income tax, the Court of Appeals declared that the State may not tax the wages of members of the Chickasaw Nation who work for the Tribe, including members who reside in Oklahoma outside Indian country. (famguardian.org)
  • The State appeals from the district court's order granting James Kent's motion to suppress statements he made during a non-custodial interrogation. (findlaw.com)
  • Defendant, Samuel Gallegos, appeals the denial of his Crim.P. 35(c) motion challenging the validity of his conviction for attempted theft. (justia.com)
  • On Monday, the United States Senate confirmed President Biden's nominee, Judge Ana de Alba, to the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals seat left open when Judge Paul Watford resigned in May 2023. (typepad.com)
  • E C K E R S T R O M, Judge: ¶1 Defendant Jose Jimenez appeals from his conviction and sentence for continuous sexual abuse of a minor. (justia.com)
  • Nor did defendants serve a motion to dismiss the appeal by CSAA, nor did al-Hakim receive any filing notice of any type from the Appeals Court of any motion to dismiss by CSAA. (nowtruth.org)
  • The Court affirmed the District Court's granting of summary judgement in favor of the defendants on both counts. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • 4 The due process right to a jury composed of unbiased, impartial jurors is protected by the United States and Arizona constitutions, as well as by Arizona statute and procedural rule. (justia.com)
  • Federal courts can give effect to the procedural rule in this area, which furthers an important state interest, without undermining the purposes of the federal system. (justia.com)
  • Petitioner Gasperini, a journalist and occasional photographer, loaned 300 original slide transparencies to respondent Center for Humanities, Inc. When the Center lost the transparencies, Gasperini commenced suit in the United States District Court for the Southern District of New York, invoking the court's diversity jurisdiction. (justia.com)
  • Plaintiffs and Appellants, v. INDUSTRIAL INDEMNITY COMPANY, Defendant and Respondent. (vlex.com)
  • In February 1988, defendant was charged with theft in violation of § 18-4-401, C.R.S. (1986 Repl.Vol. 8B). (justia.com)
  • Given the absence of effective state remedies for patent infringement by States and the statutory pre-emption of such state remedies, the 1992 Patent and Plant Variety Protection Remedy Clarification Act (Patent Remedy Act) was an appropriate exercise of Congress power under §5 of the Fourteenth Amendment to prevent state deprivations of property without due process of law. (cornell.edu)
  • Clark Pacific claims that Defendants' substitution of another construction subcontractor in its place violates its right under the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution not to be deprived of property without due process of law. (casetext.com)
  • In the early twentieth century, the Supreme Court interpreted the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment to "routinely invalidate[] state social and economic legislation" 15 based on "notions of liberty and property characteristic of laissez-faire economics. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • Defendant then filed a Crim.P. 35(c) motion challenging his guilty plea as a violation of his protections against double jeopardy as established by the Fifth Amendment and Colo. Const. (justia.com)
  • While all protect qualified users from state criminal prosecution, many also include broader protections "stating that medical marijuana patients are not to be subject to 'penalty,' 'sanction,' or may not be 'denied any right or privilege. (justia.com)
  • The law exempts such patients, their primary 1 Eight other States besides Connecticut have passed medical marijuana laws that include explicit antidiscrimination protections from adverse employment actions. (justia.com)
  • In response to Wood's Free Speech Clause challenge, the defendants argue that the classroom is not a public forum worthy of the full battery of First Amendment protections. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • 4- The Alabama Supreme Court denied certiorari, and Petitioner did not seek certiorari from the United States Supreme Court. (justia.com)
  • Our supreme court has recognized that certain types of disciplinary sanctions imposed on a defendant do not constitute punishment for the substantive crime involved and, therefore, do not implicate the double jeopardy clauses. (justia.com)
  • Readers are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, of any typographical or other formal errors, in order that corrections may be made before the preliminary print goes to press. (cornell.edu)
  • The case reached the Supreme Court because it raised the issue of how a federal appellate court should determine whether a jury's damages award in a state law claim is excessive. (justia.com)
  • The Supreme Court has not invoked the clause to invalidate a state law for over forty years. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • The fiscal constitution of the state of California is enormously lengthy and complicated. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Despite the importance of the topic, there has not been much scholarly attention devoted to how to interpret state fiscal constitutions (and, yes, other states do have law similar to those in California, though none so far as I know has a set of overlapping laws quite so challenging). (ucdavis.edu)
  • The fiscal constitutions of California, like that of many states, limit the ability of governments to raise taxes. (ucdavis.edu)
  • Courts are not well situated to answer these questions, but in some states [4] -not yet California [5] -the courts seem to have taken the position that the constitutional distinction between taxes and fees leaves them no choice but to undertake searching substantive review of the fees set by state and local governments. (ucdavis.edu)
  • This Court s recent decision in City of Boerne v. Flores , 521 U.S. 507 (1997), amply supports congressional authority to enact the Patent Remedy Act, whether one assumes that States seldom infringe patents, see ante, at 11 13, 17, or that patent infringements potentially permeate an unlimited range of state conduct, see ante, at 18. (cornell.edu)
  • The trial court granted summary judgment for defendants on statute-of-limitations grounds and denied Thomas Steel's motion for summary judgment. (findlaw.com)
  • The Court also held, however, that a defendant could rebut this presumption by showing that the alleged misrepresentation did not actually affect the stock price-that is, that it had no "price impact. (justia.com)
  • 2. In April 1996, Dunn filed suit in the Circuit Court of Jackson County, Mississippi, against multiple defendants, including Dr. Yager. (lawyer.com)
  • The district court found that Kent was not in custody at the time, but nevertheless held: "Where Miranda warnings are read to an individual unnecessarily and the defendant invokes the right to remain silent, an officer may not ignore that invocation. (findlaw.com)
  • On appeal, the State argues that the district court erred by extending Miranda's application to a non-custodial interrogation. (findlaw.com)
  • The court sentenced the defendant to eight years incarceration in the Department of Corrections. (justia.com)
  • Defendant contends that the hearing court erred in concluding that his constitutional *450 rights against double jeopardy were not violated when, after a finding of violation of parole in a parole revocation proceeding, he was convicted of attempted theft for the same conduct for which his parole was revoked. (justia.com)
  • On the claimed authority of ERISA's general pre-emption provision, several commercial insurers, acting as fiduciaries of ERISA plans they administer, joined with their trade associations to bring actions against state officials in United States District Court seeking to invalidate the 13%, 11%, and 9% surcharge statutes. (cornell.edu)
  • In almost all cases where the bankruptcy reorganization is approved, Mr. Kazan has been approved by the Federal Court to serve as a member of The Trustees' Advisory Committee (TAC) to work with The Trust on behalf of asbestos victims. (kazanlaw.com)
  • He also maintains the court committed reversible error when it precluded a defense expert from testifying as to Jimenez's sexual normalcy unless he also submitted to a psychosexual evaluation by a state expert, thereby forcing Jimenez to choose between presenting a complete defense or giving up his constitutional privilege against self-incrimination. (justia.com)
  • On appeal, Jimenez maintains that Juror 8's training and experience rendered him "clearly biased," as 2 STATE v. JIMENEZ Opinion of the Court evidenced by his responses to questioning during jury selection. (justia.com)
  • A federal court sitting in diversity jurisdiction, where the Erie doctrine applies, should try to apply the law in a way that serves both federal and state interests if it is possible to harmonize them. (justia.com)
  • If it is necessary to administer justice, the federal court can use state procedural law for a substantive purpose if it does not undermine federal interests. (justia.com)
  • Gasperini brought state law claims involving breach of contract, conversion, and negligence, but they were heard in federal court under diversity jurisdiction. (justia.com)
  • The federal district court was capable of checking the jury's damages award under New York state law, so the appellate court is capable of reviewing it. (justia.com)
  • The Seventh Amendment does not restrict the power of a federal appellate court sitting in diversity jurisdiction to review a jury award of damages in an effort to determine whether it complies with limits set by state law. (justia.com)
  • Under the Seventh Amendment, which governs proceedings in federal court, but not in state court, "the right of trial by jury shall be preserved, and no fact tried by a jury, shall be otherwise re-examined in any Court of the United States, than according to the rules of the common law. (justia.com)
  • On the merits, the court ruled against the United States, finding §3 unconstitutional and ordering the Treasury to refund Windsor's tax with interest. (articolo29.it)
  • Here, the United States retains a stake sufficient to support Article III jurisdiction on appeal and in this Court. (articolo29.it)
  • A federal statute provides that a court may freeze before trial certain assets belonging to a criminal defendant accused of violations of federal health care or banking laws. (casetext.com)
  • In this case, the Government has obtained a court order that freezes assets belonging to the third category of property, namely, property that is untainted by the crime, and that belongs fully to the defendant. (casetext.com)
  • Discarded at the Constitutional Convention but salvaged by a style committee, the clause boasts an early history rife with references to a natural right to contract, one that early state courts and the Marshall Court embraced. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • It could be that each court in each state is on its own to do the best job it can given using a combination of the usual exegetical tools-some mixture of text, history, and purpose. (ucdavis.edu)
  • This Article provides the first detailed description and critique of the varying state laws governing family-court prosecutors. (uchicago.edu)
  • In family court, the state should file and prosecute a case only when both (1) the facts necessary to support family-court jurisdiction exist (that a child has committed a delinquent act or that a parent or custodian has abused or neglected a child) and (2) family-court jurisdiction-rather than a less coercive intervention-is necessary to achieve the protective or rehabilitative goals. (uchicago.edu)
  • [6] The United States District Court for the District of Maryland granted summary judgment to the defendants on all claims, and Wood appealed. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • [14] In regards to the second prong of the Lemon test, the defendants emphasized the importance of analyzing whether the school was acting to promote a particular religion from an objective standpoint and that the District Court was correct in not taking into account specific, subjective statements made by certain school officials. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • see also Morgan v. Illinois, 504 U.S. 719, 726 (1992) (guarantee of trial by impartial jury guaranteed independently by Sixth Amendment and by Fourteenth Amendment's due process clause). (justia.com)
  • Article I, section 10, clause 1 of the Constitution introduces a litany of limitations on state power. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • 1 On first read, the clause seems little more than a constitutional relic, chronicling a forgone past of state-sanctioned princes 2 and pirates. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • 4 The Supreme Court's early history featured Contract Clause litigation in nearly forty percent of all cases challenging state legislation and nearly fifty percent of successful challenges (amounting to seventy-five decisions) before 1889. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • If even COVID-19 failed to justify state governments' exercise of police power, 14 the clause may furnish even more successful challenges in a postpandemic world. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • First, the extraordinary measures state governments undertook to combat the COVID-19 pandemic provided an opportunity to relitigate the balancing test traditionally used to evaluate Contract Clause claims. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • and (2) that defendants violated the Free Speech Clause of the First Amendment by requiring her to complete the shahada assignment thereby depriving her "of the right to be free from government compelled speech. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • She argued that the defendants endorsed a view of Islam over Christianity, which violates the Establishment Clause [7] based on the comparative faith statement that read "Most Muslim's faith is stronger than the average Christian. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • Regarding Wood's Free Speech Clause challenge, she contended that the defendants violated her right to free speech by requiring her to fill in the sentence "There is no god but Allah and Muhammad is the messenger of Allah" [11] on the after lesson worksheet. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • In response to Wood's Establishment Clause claim, defendants argued the unit satisfied the first prong of the Lemon test because the purpose of the Muslim unit was primarily secular and that the single statement made on the power point rose to a level of promoting Islam. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • a defendant can rebut the presumption by showing that the alleged misrepresentation did not actually affect the stock price. (justia.com)
  • Since fiscal epub Lo Scudo Di Talos (Oscar Bestsellers) 1992 2001, the specified % has designed first to put over const billion in party( neglect) and taking( CV) customers done to endanger new, personal wounded pressure rates. (vad-broadcast.com)
  • Furthermore, a parolee is considered to be under a restraint imposed by law and not a free person, but rather, is a constructive prisoner of the state and under control of the appropriate state officials. (justia.com)
  • J. Story, Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States §502, p. 402 (R. Rotunda & J. Nowak eds. (cornell.edu)
  • The Preamble to the United States Constitution, beginning with the words We the People, is a brief introductory statement of the US Constitution's fundamental purposes and guiding principles. (wikipedia.org)
  • We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of America. (wikipedia.org)
  • The change was made out of necessity, as the Constitution provided that, whenever the popularly elected ratifying conventions of nine states gave their approval, it would go into effect for those nine, irrespective of whether any of the remaining states ratified. (wikipedia.org)
  • Judge Brands ruling granting the motion to vacate and set aside the order granting defendants motion to compel interrogatories and sanctions due to NON SERVICE. (nowtruth.org)
  • In 1992 Congress clarified that jurisdictional grant by an amendment to the patent law that unambiguously authorizes patent infringement actions against States, state instrumentalities, and any officer or employee of a State acting in his official capacity. (cornell.edu)
  • So, the presumption of domicile in the statutory geographical 'United States' was established in that case MERELY by calling himself a 'U.S. citizen' on the 1040 return he filed the year that was the subject of that case! (famguardian.org)
  • Statutory developments-mostly notably Title II of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and similar state analogs-helped cabin racial and gender discrimination in public accommodations. (virginialawreview.org)
  • The range of state statutes provide different rights and remedies to medical marijuana users. (justia.com)
  • Following the dismissal of all other defendants by virtue of settlement, bankruptcy, or summary judgment, Dr. Yager is the lone remaining defendant. (lawyer.com)
  • The United States has not complied with the judgment. (articolo29.it)
  • Defendants, however, must have an opportunity to rebut the presumption of reliance before class certification with evidence of lack of price impact. (justia.com)
  • A defendant in a securities case must have an opportunity before a class of plaintiffs is certified to rebut the presumption that the plaintiffs relied on the defendant's misrepresentations in purchasing stock. (justia.com)
  • As a case of first impression in this state, we are asked by the defendant to hold that the doctrine of double jeopardy is implicated when an individual admitted to parole has that parole status revoked because of behavior which constitutes criminal conduct and is, thereafter, prosecuted for the same conduct that constituted a violation of a condition of parole. (justia.com)
  • Even though Brand set aside the order, his ruling is willfully blind, bias, prejudice, shrouded in fraud as he attempts to ignore the existence of the Fraud, Deception, Misrepresentation and Bad Faith Conduct of Defendants. (nowtruth.org)
  • During a pretrial hearing, Petitioner alleges the trial judge stated that, if found guilty on both counts, he would receive a life sentence for first-degree assault and thirty-five (Id. (justia.com)
  • Petitioner alleges his trial counsel stated the judge was trying to intimidate him into accepting the plea deal. (justia.com)
  • On August 29, 2023, the United States Department of Labor (DOL) published a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would permit union representatives and other nonemployees to participate in workplace inspections conducted by Occupational Safety and Health Act Compliance and Safety Officers (CSHOs). (babstcalland.com)
  • The States cannot separately make effectual provision for either [copyrights or patents], and most of them have anticipated the decision of this point, by laws passed at the instance of Congress. (cornell.edu)
  • This Article focuses on two normalized practices that violate federal and state anti-discrimination laws yet have been undertheorized in the public accommodations context: dress codes and gender-based pricing in bars, restaurants, and nightclubs. (virginialawreview.org)
  • BACKGROUND For the last two decades, state legislatures across the United States have been passing laws to permit and regulate the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. (justia.com)
  • Given the proliferation of state medical marijuana laws, courts around the country are now confronted with the question of how these permissive state laws may reconcile-if at all- with federal law. (justia.com)
  • Most importantly for purposes of this case-and in contrast to medical marijuana laws in many other States-PUMA includes a provision that explicitly prohibits discrimination against qualifying patients and primary caregivers by schools, landlords, and employers. (justia.com)
  • To curb the spread of COVID-19, state laws and executive orders necessarily altered contractual obligations, thus introducing a new chapter to the clause's history book. (harvardlawreview.org)
  • It undermines the important federal interest in promoting uniformity of outcomes when judges review jury verdicts, as well as the important federal interest in protecting the judge-jury relationship in federal courts from being disrupted by the application of state procedural rules. (justia.com)
  • Less attention has been focused on related issues in juvenile delinquency and child protection cases litigated in state family courts. (uchicago.edu)
  • Besides Canada, freemen on the land's pseudolegal claims have been argued in the courts of Australia , the United Kingdom , New Zealand and Ireland but have always been rejected. (cloudfront.net)
  • The Compensation of Free Association between the United States and the Republic of Palau, which asked into quadrature in 1994, found for special parties of language postponed at regarding Palau's work and federal quantum. (vad-broadcast.com)
  • Cook's argument against that failed, as it had been already decided in previous cases that WHERE CONGRESS has POWER TO TAX, it is not limited to the territory of the United States. (famguardian.org)
  • Petitioner's trial counsel advised him to 1 reject the offer, stating he could secure more favorable terms that involved a higher fine and probation but no incarceration. (justia.com)
  • 10), issued a temporary restraining order against Defendants Krump Construction and Nevada Public Works Board Manager Eric Raecke, pending a hearing on the motion for preliminary injunction. (casetext.com)
  • On September 17, 1992, Wilson Bennett entered into a purchase order subcontract with Simms Steel Service Company to provide the structural steel and labor to erect the ARFF building and EV-9 building for the contract price of $385,000, subject to a ten-percent retainage. (findlaw.com)
  • That order, the defendant says, prevents her from paying her lawyer. (casetext.com)
  • Defendants obtained this order from Commissioner Rausch as the product of fraud and deceit when again defendants got an UNOPPOSED order as al-Hakim was NEVER served any interrogatories and requests for the production of documents BUT Brand granted the Motion of al-Hakim to vacate and set aside the related order on MOTION NO. 3. (nowtruth.org)
  • On June 30, 1995, Wilson Bennett submitted its final request for payment to the city and stated under oath that all laborers, materialmen and/or subcontractors had been paid in full despite the notice of nonpayment from Thomas Steel. (findlaw.com)
  • Patient's Rights to Compensation from United States Bankruptcy Trust Funds. (kazanlaw.com)
  • Windsor's ongoing claim for funds that the United States refuses to paythus establishes a controversy sufficient for Article III jurisdiction. (articolo29.it)
  • At that time, defendant was on parole from the Department of Corrections on a prior conviction. (justia.com)
  • Ibid.1 Notwithstanding the proliferation of state marijuana-use statutes, federal law stands to the contrary. (justia.com)
  • Though EPA is charged with the enforcement of many environmental statutes, it prioritizes certain initiatives to address what it perceives to be the most serious and widespread environmental problems facing the United States. (babstcalland.com)
  • Subsequent to the parole revocation hearing, defendant entered into a plea agreement with the prosecution, as a part of which he pled guilty to attempted theft. (justia.com)
  • The letter stated that if the Board received any additional complaint of excessive noise it would require "that all nonfamily members cease living at your house. (krigerlawfirm.com)
  • 514(b)(2)(B), 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (b)(2)(B).) Finally, ERISA saves from pre-emption "any generally applicable criminal law of a State. (cornell.edu)
  • 2 caregivers, and prescribing doctors from state criminal penalties that would otherwise apply to those who use or distribute marijuana. (justia.com)
  • The State charged Kent with possession of methamphetamine, marijuana, and drug paraphernalia. (findlaw.com)
  • RULING ON DEFENDANT'S MOTION TO DISMISS Connecticut is one of a growing number of States to allow the use of marijuana for medicinal purposes. (justia.com)
  • 1 Connecticut is one of 29 States that have "comprehensive public medical marijuana and cannabis programs," and an additional 16 States have more limited programs allowing for the use of "low THC, high cannabidiol" products for particular medical reasons. (justia.com)
  • Elizabeth Rodd, Light, Smoke, and Fire: How State Law Can Provide Medical Marijuana Users Protection from Workplace Discrimination, 55 B.C. L. REV. 1759, 1768 (2014). (justia.com)
  • Several States-including Connecticut- provide explicit protection against employment discrimination on the basis of the medicinal use of marijuana in compliance with state law. (justia.com)
  • Because violating any state law constituted a violation of defendant's parole, a parole revocation hearing was held, after which defendant's parole was revoked for a period of two years and defendant was returned to the Department of Corrections. (justia.com)
  • At trial, the state presented evidence that, repeatedly over the course of about eighteen months, Jimenez had sexually abused his niece, P.B., who was nine years old when the abuse began. (justia.com)
  • relate to any employee benefit plan" covered by the statute, 29 U.S.C. § 1144 (a), although pre-emption stops short of "any law of any State which regulates insurance. (cornell.edu)
  • NOTICE: This opinion is subject to formal revision before publication in the preliminary print of the United States Reports. (cornell.edu)
  • This is a dispute between Clark Pacific, a construction subcontractor on a public works project, Krump Construction, the general contractor, and Mr. Eric Raecke, Manager of the Nevada Public Works Board, which is responsible for awarding public works contracts in this State. (casetext.com)
  • The first level is the story for public consumption: that Cook never relinquished his American nationality and therefore remained a 'citizen of the United States' and that he could therefore be taxed on that basis on all of his income worldwide. (famguardian.org)
  • Wood sued the defendants Evelyn Arnold, Shannon Davis, the Board of Education of Charles County, and the Charles County Public Schools. (wakeforestlawreview.com)
  • In response, the State argued that Kent was not in custody and, therefore, the officer had no obligation to stop questioning Kent once he had invoked his right to remain silent. (findlaw.com)
  • A defendant in an action who is exposed to similar liability may likewise obtain such interpleader. (mwl-law.com)
  • States cannot, inter alia, "grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal," "pass any Bill of Attainder," or "grant any Title of Nobility. (harvardlawreview.org)