The mother of a bastard may summon the putative father to petty sessions within 12 months of the birth ( or at any later time if he is proved to have contributed to the child's support within 12 months after the birth ), and the justices, as after hearing evidence on both sides, may, if the mother's evidence be corroborated in some material particular, adjudge the man to be the putative father

State supreme courts normally require a courtroom for oral argument, private chambers for all justices, a conference room, offices for law clerks and other support staff, a law library, and a lobby with a window where the court clerk can accept filings and release new decisions in the form of " slip opinions " ( that is, in looseleaf format held together only by a staple ).

The proposal was ostensibly to ease the burden of the docket on elderly judges, but the actual purpose was widely understood as an effort to pack the Court with justices who would support Roosevelt's New Deal.

* Five justices agreed that December 12 ( the date of the decision ) was the deadline Florida had established for recounts ( Kennedy, O ' Connor, Rehnquist, Scalia and Thomas in support ; Breyer, Ginsburg, Souter and Stevens opposed ).

" For example, in the 1964 case Jacobellis v. Ohio, involving whether Ohio could ban the showing of a French film called Les Amants ( French for The Lovers ), the Court ruled that the film was protected by the First Amendment, but could not agree as to a rationale, yielding four different opinions from the majority, with none garnering the support of more than two justices, as well as two dissenting opinions.

In their opinions the justices expressed varying degrees of support for the First Amendment claims of the press against the government's " heavy burden of proof " in establishing that the publisher " has reason to believe " the material published " could be used to the injury of the United States or to the advantage of any foreign nation ".

Each of the justices filed their own concurrence or dissent ; none were able to gather more than three other justices to support them.

Finding support in this position from two other justices ( William J. Brennan and William O. Douglas ), Goldberg published an opinion dissenting from the Court's denial of certiorari in a case, Rudolph v. Alabama, involving the imposition of the death penalty for rape, in which Goldberg cited the fact that only five nations responding to a UN survey indicated that they allowed imposition of the death penalty for rape, including the U. S., and that 33 states in the U. S. had outlawed the practice.

However, the Court could not agree as to a rationale, yielding four different opinions from the majority, with none garnering the support of more than two justices, as well as two dissenting opinions.

The date of the book is disputed ; it describes 6 circuits of itinerant justices ; academics argue, therefore, that it must have been written before 1179, when the number of circuits was reduced to 4 ; this requires, however, that the changes to the circuits came into immediate effect, and Richardson argues that there is nothing in the Pipe Rolls to support this assumption.

A plurality opinion is the opinion from a group of justices, often in an appellate court, in which no single opinion received the support of a majority of the court.

The plurality opinion did not receive the support of more than half the justices, but received more support than any other opinion.

The justices rule 4-4 ( with Novelli abstaining after not being present to hear the arguments ) against the man when one of the justices believes the man's religious beliefs do not actually support bigamy.

Wallace decried the United States Supreme Court binding opinion in Alexander v. Holmes County Board of Education, which ordered immediate desegregation of Southern schools-he said the new Burger court was " no better than the Warren court " and called the justices " limousine hypocrites.

Although most justices were immediately convinced, Warren spent some time after this famous speech convincing everyone to sign onto the opinion.

This " circuit riding " arrangement meant that the Supreme Court justices spent the majority of the year traveling to each district within their circuit to conduct trials, and spent far less time assembled at the capital to hear appeals.

Not even having much actual influence on the appointment of Constitutional Court justices, the President of Austria all in all had to be content with almost exclusively ceremonial duties.

Lay justices or magistrates must sit for a minimum of 26 sessions ( half-days ) per year, but some sit as much as a day a week, or possibly more.

Robinson had a much more difficult time with the president's Court Reorganization Act, designed to add liberal justices to the Supreme Court.

His promotion was met with approval from several noted judges, including Frederick Greer, later a Lord Justice of Appeal, who wrote that " Unless my judgement is very much astray, you will quickly acquire a leading place in the front row ", a feeling which was echoed by other justices including William Finlay, who wrote that " I am confident that you will rise to the top of the profession, and I shall very greatly rejoice when my confidence is justified.

His death came at a time of much transition for the court, as many of the other justices died or retired during the late 1930s and early 1940s.

The justices ' opinions also offered much criticism of Frankfurter's opinion for the court.

Therefore, in an appellate court, there is neither a witness stand nor a jury box, and the bench is much larger to accommodate multiple judges or justices.

During the 100 years that the Justices of the Supreme Court " rode circuit ", many justices complained about the effort required.

He argued the Radovich v. National Football League case before the Supreme Court, convincing the justices that professional football, unlike baseball, was subject to antitrust laws.

The Governor-in-Council is also specifically tasked by the Constitution Act, 1867, to appoint in the Queen's name the lieutenant governors of the provinces ( with the premiers of the provinces concerned playing an advisory role ), senators, the Speaker of the Senate, supreme court justices, and superior and county court judges in each province, except those of the Courts of Probate in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick.

In both of those decisions, Rehnquist, along with four of the Court's more conservative justices, held Congressional legislation unconstitutional, because said legislation exceeded the limits of the Constitution's Commerce clause.

This institution began before the reign of Edward III but, by 1350, the justices had been given the power not only to investigate crimes and make arrests, but also to try cases, including those of felony.

Initially, the justices demanded written proof in the form of charters, but resistance and the unrecorded nature of many grants forced Edward to accept those rights peacefully exercised since 1189.

all petitions that touch the Seal shall go first to the Chancellor, and those that touch the Exchequer to the Exchequer, and those that touch the justices or the law of the land to the justices, and those that touch the Jurie to the justices of the Jurie.

It is expected that there will be no further appointments of justices of the peace in Northern Ireland, although those already appointed retain the title and any functions not transferred to lay magistrate under the 2002 Act.

However, the Privy Council — composed mostly of former members of parliament, chief justices of the Supreme Court, and other elder statesmen — rarely meets in full ; as the stipulations of responsible government require that those who directly advise the monarch and governor general on how to exercise the Royal Prerogative be accountable to the elected House of Commons, the day-to-day operation of government is guided only by a sub-group of the Privy Council made up of individuals who hold seats in parliament.

Judge Juan Guzmán Tapia would eventually ask Chilean justices to lift Pinochet's immunity in this case, called " Operation Colombo ", having accumulated evidence that he had ordered the DINA to plant this disinformation, in order to cover up the " disappearance " and murder by the Chilean secret police of those 119 persons.

* esquires by office, such as justices of the peace and those holding an office of trust under the crown.

The liberty justices in Quarter Sessions had long held powers in excess of those of most other Quarter Sessions.

In accepting the amendment the Lord Chancellor said that in murder cases this ancient jurisdiction had survived all these years only because it had never been exercised and he added, " if the justices ever appear to act upon the powers they possess, I shall be the first to come and remove those powers for them.

Alter-globalization is seen as a worthy cause because its goals aim to sustain those being afflicted by the selfish acts of global corporations and their negative effect on human value, the environment, and social justices.

He was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Washington, D. C. where his body resides along with those of three other justices.

In those early days of the court, the justices would “ ride circuit ” in addition to their appellate court functions.

Some justices have argued, however, that a substantive process claim may not be necessary in cases of this type, as it is also possible that those laws might be deemed to violate " First Amendment principles.

However, the Privy Council consisting mostly of former members of parliament, chief justices of the Supreme Court, and other elder statesmen rarely meets in full ; as the stipulations of responsible government require that those who directly advise the monarch and governor general on how to exercise the Royal Prerogative be accountable to the elected House of Commons, the day-to-day operation of government is guided only by a sub-group of the Privy Council made up of individuals who hold seats in parliament.