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* Police Commissioner Andrew Hughes expressed reservations about the legislation on 24 May, saying that empowering the proposed commission to override decisions of the judiciary could compromise police investigations.

* May 31: Nevada approves domestic partnerships by an overwhelming majority after an override of the Governor's veto.

A lawyer traditionally starts an oral argument to any appellate court with the words " May it please the court.

The death of Arcadius in May 408 caused milder counsel to prevail in the western court, but Alaric, who had actually entered Epirus, demanded in a somewhat threatening manner that if he were thus suddenly requested to desist from war, he should be paid handsomely for what modern language would call the " expenses of mobilization ".

When Sforza also abandoned Louis, Alfonso seemed to have all his problems solved ; however, his relationship with Joan suddenly worsened, and in May 1423 he had her lover, and a powerful figure in the Neapolitan court, Gianni Caracciolo, arrested.

Mozart wrote to his father in May 1783 about Salieri and Lorenzo Da Ponte, the court poet: " You know those Italian gentlemen ; they are very nice to your face!

Kirk for going into the domain of the Unseelie court, where he had been warned not to go, and decided to imprison him in Doon Hill — for one night in May 1692, the Rev.

Dismissed by the district court, the case was heard on appeal and the Ninth Circuit issued its ruling on May 21, 2008.

However, El Cid's unauthorized expedition into Granada greatly angered Alfonso, and May 8, 1080, was the last time El Cid confirmed a document in King Alfonso's court.

After intervention by Burghley and Sir Walter Raleigh, Oxford was reconciled to the Queen and his two-year exile from court ended at the end of May, on condition of his guarantee of good behaviour.

The National Defense Authorization Act for 2012 would have authorized indefinite detention of suspected terrorists, but enforcement of the relevant section was blocked by a federal court on May 16, 2012, ruling on a suit brought by a number of private citizens, including Chris Hedges, Daniel Ellsberg, Noam Chomsky, and Birgitta Jonsdottir.

On 6 May 1682, the royal court moved to the lavish Palace of Versailles, which Louis XIV had greatly expanded.

However, a superior court always has the discretion to grant the writ even in the face of an alternative remedy ( see May v. Ferndale Institution ).

On May 28, 2004, the Diet of Japan enacted a law requiring selected citizens to take part in criminal court trials of certain severe crimes to make decisions together with professional judges, both on guilt and on the sentence.

Edison sued to gain control of the patent ; however, after a federal court upheld the validity of the patent in 1907, Edison began negotiation with Biograph in May 1908 to reorganize the Edison licensing system.

Once the procedures were agreed, Cranmer opened his court on 10 May, inviting Henry and Catherine of Aragon to appear.

In May and June 1835, Michigan drafted a State Constitution, with provisions for a bicameral legislature, a supreme court, and other components of a functional state government.

*, was a civilian steamship purchased by the US Navy from a prize court 4 September 1862 and was decommissioned and sold 8 May 1869

From May 1682, when Louis XIV moved the court and government permanently to Versailles, until his death in September 1715, Versailles was the unofficial capital of the kingdom of France.

In 1678, after the Treaty of Nijmegen, the king decided that the court and the government would be established permanently in Versailles, which happened on 6 May 1682.

Eventually, fearing imprisonment and possible execution, Ockham, Michael of Cesena and other Franciscan sympathizers fled Avignon on 26 May 1328, and eventually took refuge in the court of the Holy Roman Emperor Louis IV of Bavaria-who was also engaged in dispute with the papacy, and became Ockham's patron.

* May 18 – Ignaz Aurelius Fessler, court councillor and minister to Alexander I ( d. 1839 )

* May 22 – Kelly Flinn, the U. S. Air Force's first female bomber pilot certified for combat, accepts a general discharge in order to avoid a court martial.

* May 13 – A West German court of appeals condemns the behavior of ex-defense minister Franz Joseph Strauss during the Spiegel scandal.

* May 6 – Laura Mancini, French court beauty ( d. 1657 )

The film was re-cut and expanded by the studio without Chaplin's consent, leading the star to seek an injunction in May 1916.

Silvertone owners Zomba Records took out an injunction against the band in September 1990 to prevent them from recording with any other label, but in May 1991 the court sided with the group, which was then released from its contract.

It was first performed in England on 24 May 1856 in Italian at Her Majesty's Theatre in London, where it was considered morally questionable, and " the heads of the Church did their best to put an injunction upon performance ; the Queen refrained from visiting the theatre during the performances, though the music, words and all, were not unheard at the palace ".

While Reich was in Arizona in May 1956, one of his associates sent an accumulator part through the mail to another state in violation of the injunction, after an FDA inspector posing as a customer requested it.

On May 29, 2009, the Department of Justice requested and received an injunction against the member who had carried the nightstick, but against the advice of prosecutors who had worked on the case, department superiors ordered the suit dropped against the remaining members.

On May 10, Justice Robert McKinnon granted an interlocutory injunction ordering that Hall be allowed to attend the prom with Dumond.

* May 7-A court injunction is granted to Marc Hall, permitting him to bring a same-sex date to his high school prom

On May 3, 2007, the Dutch Investors ' Association ( Vereniging van Effectenbezitters ), with the support of shareholders representing up to 20 percent of ABN's shares, took its case to the Dutch commercial court in Amsterdam, asking for an injunction against the LaSalle sale.

In May 2011, Marsden wrote on his Blog, www. paulwbmarsden. blogspot. com, an article about the debate on public interest vs privacy in which he mentioned the allegations that Ryan Giggs was the footballer who had taken out a super injunction against Imogen Thomas.

On May 20, 2009, the injunction was overturned by the passing of an amendment to the Credit CARD Act of 2009, added by Senator Tom Coburn ( R, OK ) over the objections of the Brady Campaign.

Bigelow chose to break the injunction on May 1, but the Golden Rule was intercepted by the US Coast Guard only from Honolulu.

On 22 May 2011, the paper became the first mainstream UK publication to name a person involved with a super injunction.

An attempt by Adrian Davies to launch parallel proceedings in Belgium without notifying the Belgian Court of English proceedings was blocked by a landmark anti-suit injunction granted by Miss Sarah Asplin QC on 20 May 2011, where she stated " Given that the present defendants had submitted to the hearing of that issue and allowed costs to be incurred, in my judgement such conduct is vexatious and oppressive ".

On 18 November 2011 The Honourable Lord Justice Lewison ( Kim Lewison ) at The Court of Appeal refused permission to appeal on three counts for the anti-suit injunction granted on 20 May 2011, for the preliminary hearing granted on 12 July 2011, and for the stay of costs order of 12 September 2011 which was requested by Davies.

On May 2, 2008, federal Judge F. Dennis Saylor granted a preliminary injunction, prohibiting the use of the TD Commerce name in Massachusetts branches.

In May, 2008 the judge in the case awarded punitive damages, raising the jury's $ 6. 3 million award to $ 15. 9 million, and issuing an injunction prohibiting the SF Weekly from selling advertisements below cost.

The case was brought before the House of Lords ( Lord Bridge, Lord Brandon, Lord Oliver, Lord Goff and Lord Jauncey ) on 18 May 1989 which upheld the decision of the Court of Appeal on the grounds that English law did not contain any rule allowing a preliminary injunction against the application of an Act of Parliament.

On May 2, 2007, British Columbia Supreme Court Justice Kelleher ruled that Vancouver University Worldwide and its associated legal entities had operated in violation of the province's Degree Authorization Act and issued an injunction to stop it from granting degrees in British Columbia.

" On May 20, 1776, when the Committee's proceedings — with the sensitive names removed — were finally read in the Congress, it was " under the injunction of secrecy.

A May 11 ruling allowing the case to move forward, but denied the request from the petitioners to grant a temporary injunction to restore the funding ; however, a June 24 ruling prohibited the state from enforcing the law.

May 26, 1968, as a speaker for the national Lawyers Guild, stated a motion was to be filed in federal court asking for an injunction to halt any disciplinary action that was being taken against student activists and any of the criminal charges.

On May 18, AT & T won a preliminary injunction and, following a failed emergency motion for a stay by NASCAR on May 19, rebranded the # 31 car in time for the Nextel All-Star Challenge that evening.

A lawsuit filed by Konami on May 9, 2005, asked for an injunction against the sale of the upgrade kit version.