The case was legally resolved on October 19, 1973 when U. S. District Judge Earl R. Larson held the ENIAC patent invalid, ruling that the ENIAC derived many basic ideas from the Atanasoff – Berry Computer.

In that case's decision, Judge Earl R. Larson found that " Eckert and Mauchly did not themselves first invent the automatic electronic digital computer, but instead derived that subject matter from one Dr. John Vincent Atanasoff ".

On December 3, 2008, U. S. District Judge Stephen G. Larson granted a permanent injunction requested by Mattel against MGA.

Judge Larson made exceptions for a very limited number of products, under the condition that they be packaged separately from the allegedly infringing toys.

The panel from the Court of Appeals said Judge Larson had abused his discretion with his ruling for Mattel, concluding that Bryant's employment agreement could have, but did not necessarily, cover ideas as it did designs, processes, computer programs and formulae, which are all more concrete.

On March 26, 2008, Judge Stephen G. Larson of the Federal District Court for the Central District of California ruled that Siegel's estate was entitled to claim a share in the United States copyright.

However, such attempts to conflate non-religious, secular or scientific ideas and activities with religion have been explicitly rejected by subsequent courts, most notably Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School District, where U. S. District Judge John E. Jones III ruled that intelligent design is not science, that it " cannot uncouple itself from its creationist, and thus religious, antecedents ", and that the school district's promotion of it therefore violated the Establishment Clause of the First Amendment to the U. S. Constitution ( see Intelligent Design ).

Without explicitly describing Mr. Kuwabara as a victim of federal anti-Japanese racism, Judge Goodman viewed the plight of Mr. Kuwabara in this light, and ruled against the United States, which incarcerated the defendant in a U. S. concentration camp ; categorized him as a Class 4-C Enemy Alien ; and then drafted him into military service.

* In Oz ( progs 545 – 570 ), when Judge Silver remembers the coup by Morton Judd in 2070, Fargo is explicitly called the chief judge.

All military officers are appointed by the U. S. President subject to the advice and consent of the Senate, but the Judge Advocate General is one of the few positions in the Army explicitly provided for by law in Title 10 of the United States Code, and which requires a distinct appointment.

In denying motions for dismissal, Judge Powell stated that mass trials have been upheld as proper in other courts and that `` a person may join a conspiracy without knowing who all of the conspirators are ''.

") Judge has stated he got the idea for the name " Butt-Head " from two people he knew during his childhood called " Iron Butt " ( who encouraged people to kick him in the butt to demonstrate his strength ) and " Head-Butt.

Mike Judge has stated Van Driessen was his favorite character, after Beavis, to voice.

In delivering the sentence Judge Anthony Russell stated " This was a hate crime against these completely harmless people targeted because their appearance was different to yours.

" Judge Gerard L. Goettel instructed the jury that the case involved the Unification Church, Sun Myung Moon, and his followers, whom the judge stated were " sometimes referred to as Moonies.

Judge Judith F. Hayes stated in her ruling, "... the Court finds the general purpose of the website to be a free speech forum wherein Defendant criticized the management of Plaintiff.

At the sentencing, Judge Gordon stated that each life lost was valuable ; he strongly asserted that the law made no distinction of age for the crime and that the maximum sentence should be imposed.

As in Judge Baitaillon's decision about the Nebraska law, Judge Vaughn Walker stated in his ruling that moral opposition to gay marriage is not sufficient reason to make a law valid.

In fact, in a letter written to an English friar in the 14th century, St. Catherine of Siena stated that the Judge of Arborea could provide two galleys and one thousand horsemen to fight in a crusade for ten years.

In August 2011, Mike Judge stated in an interview with Billboard " I thought ( Kip Winger ) had a problem with the show, but it turns out he was OK with it ," Judge told Billboard. biz.

When warned by Judge Bürger to behave himself in court, Dimitrov stated: " Herr President, if you were a man as innocent as myself and you have passed seven months in prison, five of them in chains night and day, you would understand it if one perhaps becomes a little strained.

Judge Frank Damrell stated, after hearing the arguments for the motion, that there was not sufficient evidence from the defense to justify a dismissal.

In a later letter, written to U. S. District Judge John Sirica, McCord stated that his plea and testimony, some of which he claimed was perjured, were compelled by pressure from White House counsel John Dean and former Attorney General John N. Mitchell.

Peter Prescott QC, while sitting as a Deputy Judge in the UK High Court, and in consideration of CFPH's applications noted that the EPO decisions are prescriptive, but not binding on the UK courts, but also recalled the judgement of the Court of Appeal in Fujitsu's application which stated that it would be disastrous if there was any substantial divergence between the interpretations given by the UK courts and the EPO to Article 52 ( 2 ) EPC.

Presiding Judge Karra read the verdict which stated that Katsav " engaged in a campaign of vilification against the plaintiffs.

Judge Hilton stated, " The court finds that the Commonwealth's daily observance of one minute of silence act is constitutional.

In a much criticized majority opinion which Minton co-authored with Judge Major, he stated that the " alien did not have any legal right — status was a political decision to be made by officials in government.

Judge John Gleeson stated: " A state may decide whether or not voters will be the best choosers of judges.

The judge was Judge Jeffreys who stated that Oates was a " shame to mankind ".

The bar of the Pulaski County Circuit court also met and issued a resolution that stated that Judge Wytock had acted independently, and his decision did not represent the court.

Judge Brinkema also stated that the primary motivation for the case was " to stifle criticism of Scientology in general and to harass its critics.

The judgment of the state supreme court was written by Judge Thomas Ruffin, who stated that " the power of the master must be absolute, to render the submission of the slave perfect ", but noted that slaves did have legal right of protection from persons other than their owners.

The Intermediates in the Class with the Judge were asked to pick 4 winners and give their reasons but their decisions did not affect the choice of the Judge.

Circuit Judge Paul R. Cash did not set a date for sentencing.

Although Sayer was found guilty of illegal trade, having evaded the HBC monopoly, Judge Adam Thom did not levy a fine or punishment.

If Judge Landis was suspicious of an attorney's line of questioning, he would begin to wrinkle his nose, and once told a witness, " Now let's stop fooling around and tell exactly what did happen, without reciting your life's history.

In addition, relying upon the definition of " sexual relations " as proposed by the prosecution and agreed by the defense and by Judge Susan Webber Wright, who was hearing the Paula Jones case, Clinton claimed that because certain acts were performed on him, not by him, he did not engage in sexual relations.

In response to this decision, Darrow made a sarcastic comment to Judge Raulston ( as he often did throughout the trial ) on how he had been agreeable only on the prosecution's suggestions, for which he apologized the next day, keeping himself from being found in contempt of court.

At the conference, Irving did not deny the Holocaust, but did appear happy to share the stage with Robert Faurisson and Judge Wilhelm Stäglich, and claimed to be impressed with the allegations of Friedrich Berg that mass murder via diesel gas fumes at the Operation Reinhard death camps was impossible.

He did, however, serve as Deputy Circuit Clerk and Probate Judge.

The story is told of an Owsley County man who later became Judge Brandenburg who was heard to remark “ I ’ m going out and shoot me a nigger !” and did.

Current County Judge Vernon Dollar did not make the run-off.

* 2011, the Tennessee Court of Appeals ruled in November that the Hamilton County Circuit Court Judge Jeff Hollingsworth did not have the jurisdiction in entering an injunction against the Hamilton County Election Commission.

The Town has reviewed, and understands Judge O ’ Connor ’ s order, yet is clearly disappointed in the ruling, because the Town believes that it did all that was possible to comply with the settlement under the circumstances. But Judge Reed O ' Connor found the Town guilty of contempt of court and the town has to July 15, 2011 to comply and make available 70 low income units that qualifies for section 8 vouchers.

U. S. District Judge James Mahan voided the state ban on advertising by legal brothels on grounds the state did not offer any compelling interest in support of the policy, but the U. S Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld the state law in March 2010.

Born a slave just like his mother, the baby John Louis Brown's ownership passed to his father / much-older half-brother Judge Morgan W ( elles ) Brown ( January 1, 1800-March 7, 1853 ) after his father's death in 1840, as did the ownership of his mother.

On August 17, 2006, U. S. District Judge Anna Diggs Taylor in Detroit issued a 43-page ruling stating the program is unconstitutional, but did not immediately suspend the program and grants a temporary stay, in which the American Civil Liberties Union continued fighting the program's legality in the case ACLU v. NSA.

Judge Mary Walrath focused many of her criticisms on the company's releases of liability granted to directors, officers and others including some hedge funds, who she said did not contribute anything to the settlement.

The last Lord Chancellor to preside as a Judge was Lord Irvine of Lairg, who did so as a member of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords.

" Common report, moreover, may be attributed to Judge Stockton some of the exploits of a distant cousin, Major Richard Stockton an obnoxious Tory, who did take Howe's protection and went over to the British until he was captured in Feb.