They wanted a first refusal and were prepared to take a court case to establish their rights.
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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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.
It also contributed to his part in the regents' decision to take a celebrated affirmative-action case to the Supreme Court.
Officers were ready to support a prosecution but the CPS decided not to take the case to court and Mrs Hughes returned to work.
Sinn Fein assembly member Fra McCann welcomed the decision by the former internees to take a court case.
The group sought approval from the High Court to take a case on the basis of the Arhaus Convention.
Mr Hamdan can still take his case to a full hearing of the Appeals Court and from there to the Supreme Court.
It lost a High Court case in 2011 and has now been refused permission to take the appeal to the Supreme Court.
But for all the evidence suggesting a miscarriage of justice, Krishna Maharaj has been unable to win a re-trial, and last week the Supreme Court refused to take the case, exhausting his legal avenues.
If the Commission is unsatisfied with the response it could take the case to an EU court and perhaps force a change in UK law.
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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It is believed that a court hearing relating to her case will take place on Thursday.
The U.S. Supreme Court decision to take the case looked like a huge Bush win: no matter what the final hand counts revealed, there was now a chance they'd be tossed out.
The first hearing in the case is expected to take place at Chelmsford Magistrates' Court at a later date.
But Lord Justice Pitchford upheld the High Court ruling and refused Fossway permission to take the case to a full appeal hearing.
In this case as in others, a potential licensee has chosen to misappropriate patented technology (and take its chances in court) rather than pay for it or forebear from its use.
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The alliance is hoping for an early decision from the court on whether to allow a judicial review of the case which they hope could take place before the new year.
Mr. Donahue argues that, "The Supreme Court should take the case to settle and reaffirm the longstanding law of the sea" on a question of corporate responsibility for a ship captain's conduct.
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