ruling
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He died of cancer on Aug. 26, 1937, at the age of 82—four months before the ruling that would exonerate him of the fraud charges.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 19, 2026
Nick Sumner of Fact says the current priority is to educate people about the risks of piracy - but he conspicuously stops short of ruling out a more punitive future policy.
From BBC ● Oct. 18, 2026
But the ruling, which cited prosecutorial misconduct, does not prevent prosecutors from seeking a new indictment against the actor.
From Salon ● Oct. 17, 2026
Although the lawsuit focused on immigration courthouses, the ruling also covered state criminal courthouses, restoring earlier restrictions that barred civil immigration arrests in or near courthouses except in limited circumstances.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 15, 2026
If the Court wasn't troubled by anything we'd presented, I expected an earlier ruling on our motion for a stay.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
They are the key reference point for international agreements on how to tackle the climate crisis, are used by governments to develop national climate policies and have been quoted in international court rulings.
From Barron's ● Oct. 19, 2026
Despite a request from litigants to overturn prior rulings in Kisor, a slim majority of the court ruled that judges were still required to defer to an agency’s interpretations of its regulations.
From Slate ● Oct. 18, 2026
Arguably the biggest change is to Area Planning Commissions, a group of seven volunteer-led boards that hear cases from homeowners, developers and businesses and make rulings on liquor licenses, hillside developments and more.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
The ICJ plays an important role well beyond possible rulings against genocide.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 22, 2026
Legal rulings empowered people with developmental disabilities to refuse treatment and created rights for the mentally disabled that made forced institutionalization much less common.
From "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson
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