In contrast to New York, and against the advice of experts, Illinois did not rewrite the law to include an exception for arming oneself when there was a reasonable fear of imminent danger.

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Judge Richard Kopf took issue with the lack of an exception in the law to protect a woman's health.

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The Court spent much of its opinion reciting the law on the narrow exception to the no-tax-payer-standing rule.

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The only exception is in the case of a criminal investigation where law enforcement officials contact a foreign bank.

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The district court had ruled that the FUTA exception for Indian tribes applied only to the employer of common law employees.

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Citing an exception to U.S. law which favors honoring the bankruptcy proceedings of other nations, Judge Hale said it would violate public policy to allow Vitro to walk away from the guarantees backing its debt.

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Yet until now, with the exception of narcotics, illicit trade has simply not been a priority in international law and treaty making, or in international police work and cooperative law enforcement.

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The Constitution puts immigration law in the hands of Congress, which can loosen and tighten the standards at will, with one exception: Children born here are citizens.

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Assuming that there are some employment relationships, other than those between a lawyer and a law firm, that might fit within the Wieder exception, the relationship in this case is not one of them.

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