In The Publick Spirit of the Whigs, it may be noted, Swift himself contemptuously dismissed Steele's reference to his friend at court: `` I suppose by the Style of old Friend, and the like, it must be some Body there of his own Level ; ;

Although he had a reckless, unpredictable, and violent nature that precluded him from attaining any court or government responsibility and led to the ruination of his estate, Oxford was noted in his own time as a patron of the arts, lyric poet, and playwright, and since the 1920s he has been the most popular alternative candidate proposed for the authorship of Shakespeare's works.

Nevertheless, he appreciated the Indo-Fijian contribution to the Military, and noted the success of Lieutenant Colonel Mohammed Aziz, the head of the Military's legal unit who was a pivotal figure in the court martial of soldiers who mutinied in 2000.

The court noted that many of Geneva's notables, including Perrin, had breached a law against dancing.

He married the noted court operatic soprano Benedetta Emilia Molteni, despite the king's prohibition of court employees marrying each other.

In the 16th century King Henry VIII was noted for his prowess in court competitions of weight and hammer throwing.

In the literature review, Rand noted that the literature in 2001 was not of high methodological quality and that " while there may exist a subgroup of people with severe mental illness for whom a court order acts as leverage to enhance treatment compliance, the best studies suggest that the effectiveness of outpatient commitment is linked to the provision of intensive services.

The court first noted the significant difference between the State Constitution's Common Benefit Clause and the Equal Protection Clause of the Federal Constitution's 14th amendment, both in intent and provenance: the Common Benefit Clause was an original component of the 1777 Vermont Constitution, preceding its Federal " cousin " by several decades.

In Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad, 118 U. S. 394 ( 1886 ), the reporter noted in the headnote to the opinion that the Chief Justice began oral argument by stating, " The court does not wish to hear argument on the question whether the provision in the Fourteenth Amendment to the Constitution, which forbids a State to deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws, applies to these corporations.

The court noted that so long as the polluter still retained its license to operate such a factory, it could open similar operations elsewhere if not deterred by the penalties sought.

v. Craft, 436 U. S. 1, 8 – 9 ( 1978 ), the court noted that claims for damages save cases from mootness.

Already in April 1559 court observers noted that Elizabeth never let Dudley from her side ; but her favour did not extend to his wife.

Finally, it may be noted that many immoral acts, such as the use of false weights, lying, etc., that could not be brought into court are severely denounced in the Omen Tablets as likely to bring the offender into " the hand of God " as opposed to " the hand of the king ".

Murdoch's isinglass replacement was so effective that in a court case brought by the British Customs and Excise Authorities, the noted Chemist, Sir Humphry Davy in answer to a question on whether it was " proper to be used for the purpose of fineing beer " testified that:

Russell blamed the marriage breakup on disagreements over Maria's insistence for a greater editorial role in Zion's Watch Tower magazine, though a later court judgment noted that he had labelled the marriage " a mistake " three years before the dispute over her editorial ambitions had arisen.

It has been noted by some historians that her brother Henry, then a child, second in line to the throne and Duke of York, threw a tantrum when he realised his sister, as a foreign queen, now held higher precedence in court than he.

The first French name for the island was " l ' ille de Vilmenon ", noted by Samuel de Champlain in a 1616 map, and derived from the sieur de Vilmenon, a patron of the founders of Quebec at the court of Louis XIII.

She was noted for her ceaseless political intrigues at the French court and extensive artistic patronage.

Asser joined several other noted scholars at Alfred's court, including Grimbald, and John the Old Saxon ; all three probably reached Alfred's court within a year of each other.

The Conservative member for the Orpington constituency, Donald Sumner, had resigned to become a county court judge, and a by-election was held on 15 March 1962, the symbolism of the date being noted as the Ides of March.

The court noted that the issue in itself allowed for an intervener with a legitimate purpose to come forth, and through the statute's requirement of first showing the relationship, second showing the rebuttal of the presumption, and finally judging the choice on the best interest of the child standard, the fundamental right of the parent was being given proper Due Process Requirements under the 14th Amendment Due Process Clause.

The court noted that " Armstrong makes no claim that he has complied, or will ever comply, with the injunction " and that Armstrong claims to now reside in Canada.

But the fact that such a young man could seemingly treat ministerial office so lightly was noted at court.

On September 10, 2010 in a Seattle court room, Marc Emery was sentenced to 5 years in prison.

US district court judge Ricardo Martinez sentenced Emery, stating there was no question his actions were criminal and that Emery ensured others broke the law by selling them the seeds.

In late 1994, a court challenge sponsored by Emery convinced an Ontario judge to overturn the Canadian prohibition on marijuana and drug-related literature, making it legal for High Times Magazine and marijuana grow books to be sold in Canada once more.

In 2003, when the prohibition of cannabis in Canada was in limbo due to court decisions that struck down the marijuana laws because of flaws in the government's medicinal marijuana program, Emery launched " the Summer of Legalization " tour, travelling to 18 cities across Canada to openly smoke marijuana in front of police stations and demonstrate that marijuana was currently legal in Canada, as featured in the documentary Escape to Canada.

Not only were the court costs prohibitive, but I was subjected to crippling fines, in addition to usurious interest on the unpaid `` debts '' which the government claimed that Metronome and I owed -- a severe financial blow.

It has been claimed that De Amore codifies the social and sexual life of Eleanor's court at Poitiers between 1170 and 1174, though it was evidently written at least ten years later and, apparently, at Troyes.

However, Price and Coleman married in 2007 ; and while they divorced in 2008, Price claimed in a court petition that she remained Coleman's common-law wife, sharing bank accounts and presenting themselves publicly as husband and wife, until his death ; an assertion that, if validated by the court, would make her the lawful heir.

Although EDF claimed that a security firm had only been employed to monitor Greenpeace, the court disagreed, jailing the head and deputy head of EDF's nuclear security operation for three years each.

The NAACP claimed that Parker had made many court decisions against African-Americans, and they fought the nomination.

A fourth faction claimed the best Italian was the one that the papal court adopted, which was a mix of Florentine and the dialect of Rome.

In 1594 a vacancy for a lutenist came up at the English court, but Dowland's application was unsuccessful-he claimed his religion led to his not being offered a post at Elizabeth I's Protestant court.

The court scheduled an evidence suppression hearing, at which Lindh would have been able to testify about the details of the torture to which he claimed he was subjected.

However, a shop girl from Ontario, Margaret Ryan, claimed the baby was hers, and brought a writ of habeas corpus in Landis's court.

He was blocked from using it by the New Brunswick coal conglomerate because they had coal extraction rights for the province, and he lost a court case when their experts claimed albertite was a form of coal.

In a court run by a bishop and a representative of the emperor, and in the presence of Gregory, Ingoald, the Abbot of Farfa, claimed that the Frankish emperors had granted them the lands, and that Popes Adrian I and Leo III had taken possession of the land illegally.

Although the historian Gilbert Burnet claimed that Henry called her a Flanders Mare, there is no evidence that he said this ; in truth, court ambassadors negotiating the marriage praised her beauty.

" The court ruled that Ms. Murphy was not entitled to the tax refund she claimed, and that the personal injury award she received was " within the reach of the congressional power to tax under Article I, Section 8 of the Constitution " -- even if the award was " not income within the meaning of the Sixteenth Amendment ".

Winnie Mandela's attempt to obtain a settlement up to US $ 5 million, half of what she claimed her ex-husband was worth, was dismissed when she failed to appear at court for a financial settlement hearing.

In 132, Zhang introduced an intricate seismometer to the court, which he claimed could detect the precise cardinal direction of a distant earthquake.

Henry of Huntingdon ( 12th century ) claimed that Harthacnut ordered for the dining tables of his court to be " laid four times a day with royal sumptuousness " which O ' Brien says is likely a popular myth.

The report from this journey, which included sharp criticism of the governor of Saratov, was not well received at court, and the Forsters claimed they had not obtained fair payment for their work and had to move house.

Warbeck first claimed the English throne at the court of Burgundy in 1490.

It is notable, however, that the SG Services court did not look at the overall “ look and feel ” of the website, but rather, at specific characteristics ( such as color ) of the website that the plaintiff claimed were infringed.

In 1977, a federal district court ruled in favor of Curtis Holt Jr. who had claimed the councils existing election process — an at large voting system — was racially biased.

It was claimed in court that it was believed that this was the time that Bryant killed the Martins.

In 2003, McDonald's was sued in a New York court by a family who claimed that the restaurant chain was responsible for their teenage daughter's obesity and attendant health problems.

Bahram Chobin claimed the throne for himself and defeated Khosrau, who subsequently fled to the Byzantine court.