It is not unusual for a judge to request further explanation about a case.
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It is unusual but not unprecedented for a judge to preside at bedside for an injured defendant.
The court struck that provision down, reasoning that an employee doesn't have to pay for a judge in court.
Yet, its decision seemed to leave little wiggle room for a judge to question the merits of a settlement.
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Given that non-payment is a sufficient reason for a judge to let lawyers off a case, however, Kaplan did so.
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That's political quicksand for a judge Democrats are eager to portray as a moderate inclined to narrow reading of text and precedent.
Under Virginia law, Millette has the final word and can reduce the jury's recommended sentence, but it is rare for a judge to do so.
Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg has also contacted all of his MPs to assure them he will be pushing for a judge to be appointed.
Justice Thomas is the perfect example of how hard it can be for a judge to lay aside the personal experiences that shape his worldview.
Taxpayers likely incurred additional expenses for attorneys in New York who argued on Holmes' behalf against Winter's requests for a judge there to quash the Colorado subpoena.
These are blamed for a judge's recent decision to allow a burglar with 51 previous convictions to stay out of jail to help his new career as a (very bad) poet.
The opposition has argued that it was improper for a judge to discuss the case with outsiders, but the government has insisted that he was not acting injudiciously and that sections of the media were "attempting to besmirch" the country's reputation.
For his part, Mr McIntyre says that his preference would not be for someone sceptical of anthropogenic global warming per se, but rather for someone familiar with the detailed issues that he and others have raised or, better yet, for a judge.
The Commons will vote on Thursday about whether to back the government's call for an immediate inquiry by a committee of MPs and peers or Labour's alternative proposal for a judge-led probe - similar to the current Leveson investigation in press standards.
"That is highly unusual for a judge to intervene so hastily and make the decision not based on the facts of the interviews and the public safety exception, but what they perceived was happening based on what they saw on television, " he said.
"I have received a request from the Doncaster and Bradford Coroners for a judge to be appointed to conduct these inquests and I am today asking the Lord Chief Justice to make a recommendation to me on suitable candidates as soon as possible, " he added.
Challenges based on such factors, which engage biases far deeper than any purported rooting interest in a case, have been swatted down so often that a law clerk of even middling competence could prepare an opinion in less than half a day for a judge facing such a challenge.
After graduating from law school and clerking for a federal judge, he was turned down for a Supreme Court clerkship by Justices Antonin Scalia and Anthony Kennedy.
Belmont in October filed an amended complaint in the case in a Georgia federal court, as was allowed for by a judge.
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In London, with the United States pressing for extradition, a judge denied bail for Raissi, saying he was a flight risk because of the possibility that U.S. prosecutors might link him to the terror attacks.
She left the Senate to run for a state judge seat, which she won.
But the 32-year-old attorney managed one of her father's races, clerked for a federal judge and then went into private practice with her grandfather.
The defendant has taken an aggressive tack in his trial, asking for a new judge, making the motion that his court-appointed attorneys be fired and formally requesting that he not have to take court-ordered mental competency exams.
In a significant legal victory for YouTube , a judge ruled that the website had not infringed copyright laws by hosting copyrighted material on its website.
That a legislator might call up a senior judge for a chat seems odd, as does the conversation's tone, which was all first names and laughter.
Resisting the bid to have the case sent back to a different judge for a retrial of the civil claim, Augustus Ullstein QC said that to allow "a second bite of the cherry" would create serious injustice.
The 33-year-old -- who received a two year ban in 2003 for abusing a touch judge -- scored two tries amongst his points while star winger Bryan Habana grabbed four and Jaque Fourie and JP Pietersen one apiece.
SANFORD, Fla. (AP) The murder trial for the Florida man charged in the shooting death of teenager Trayvon Martin remains set for a June start after a judge Tuesday denied a defense request for a postponement.
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