Like most lawyers, they wanted to take a case they had a chance of winning.
The group sought approval from the High Court to take a case on the basis of the Arhaus Convention.
For the first time since negotiating the right to salary arbitration in 1974, no Major League Baseball player will take a case to a hearing this year.
If the cash were not forthcoming, the African Union (AU) might take a case to a court of arbitration and ask it to judge overall culpability for climate change.
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They wanted a first refusal and were prepared to take a court case to establish their rights.
Sinn Fein assembly member Fra McCann welcomed the decision by the former internees to take a court case.
Another factor that often influences the justices' decision to take up a case is when lower courts come to different conclusions about the law's meaning.
In an anguished dissent released today, Justice Clarence Thomas chastised his fellow judges for refusing to take up a case that challenged a federal law prohibiting felons from owning bulletproof vests.
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KPMG's Chinese walls were not sufficiently strong to enable it to take on a case for the Brunei Investment Authority, having previously been employed as a forensic accountant by Prince Jefri, a former chairman of the authority, and the sultan's younger brother.
Suing people is fun, especially when you can get a lawyer to take the case on a contingency basis.
Similarly, trying to get a lawyer to take your case on a contingency when the public customer got a six-figure settlement (even if only a fraction of what was sought), might prove difficult if not impossible.
You have to take a risk in bringing a case.
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Hantler decided Chrysler needed to take a stance after a particularly galling case in Alabama in 1993.
You have to take things on a case-by-case basis, but as time progresses, cloud computing platforms are eliminating many of the platform tradeoffs.
We're not really going to judge the veracity of these suits en masse -- we'll take them on a case-by-case basis, but there does seem to be something suspicious about this many people claiming to still use paper calendars.
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But then two justices - Justice Stevens and Justice Kennedy - said, we're not going to agree to take this case right now, but there may come a day when we decide to take this case.
In a worst-case scenario they take up a roster spot and a miniscule piece of cap space, and at best they emerge as top playmakers at a bargain price.
If Kevorkian's bid for a new trial fails before the Court of Appeals, he could get a chance to take his case to the Michigan Supreme Court and challenge Michigan's law making assisted suicide a felony punishable up to five years in prison.
Donahue said that in terms of reimbursing vacationers, Carnival needs to take each incident on a case-by-case basis.
To see why, take a look at the Case-Shiller Index for 20 United States metropolitan areas from 2000 until now.
But Lord Justice Pitchford upheld the High Court ruling and refused Fossway permission to take the case to a full appeal hearing.
Mr Hamdan can still take his case to a full hearing of the Appeals Court and from there to the Supreme Court.
There is no shortage of lawyers willing to take on a contingency fee case with a reasonable chance of success and the possibility of significant recovery.
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Abdullah, the main guide, mentioned that he had packed a couple of snowboards in case anyone wanted to take a trip down the dune.
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It also contributed to his part in the regents' decision to take a celebrated affirmative-action case to the Supreme Court.
For example, students are often required to take opposite sites of a particular case, and this allows both sides to post their arguments.
But I want to take a moment to make the case that there are, in fact, at least five ways that people invest that often turn out badly.
The International Municipal Lawyers Association urged the court to take this case to resolve a split among the various circuits over whether the FHA even allows disparate-impact suits.
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