Word: dismissals
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Dates: during 2000-2009
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...first time in its history, Harvard may have to release confidential internal documents from a tenure case, now that a Massachusetts Superior Court judge has ruled against Harvard's motion to dismiss a civil suit filed by a former assistant professor...
...wife Lynda appeared together in a commercial for the United Way. He also threw his weight behind conservative political causes, attracting a sell-out crowd when he spoke at a G.O.P. fund-raising dinner. But last week a circuit-court judge in Waukesha, Wis., refused to dismiss or delay Chmura's Jan. 23 trial for sexual assault and enticement of a minor. Packer fans have never quite got over the shock of seeing the local hero, the go-to guy in the green-and-gold uniform, clad in handcuffs and an orange penal-system jumpsuit as he was led into...
...Senate split is a recipe for either unparalleled bipartisan cooperation or two years of unprecedented gridlock - and while more cynical pundits might dismiss the former as a pipe dream, Senate Democratic leaders are taking up the cause of collaboration, especially on relatively middle-of-the-road causes like education and prescription drug benefits...
...last resort when elections get too close to call. To a national court mindful on both its left and right flanks of "clouds" over this national election (Scalia himself defended the stay's ability to produce "the public acceptance democratic stability requires"), hand counts themselves may be hard to dismiss...
...trial, there was little evidence of any vote-switching - Souter, Breyer, Ginsburg and Stevens seemed fairly convinced of the importance of a recount and primarily concerned about establishing a workable counting standard. Scalia seemed prepared to dismiss the contest altogether, while Kennedy and O'Connor appeared genuinely troubled by the implications - for voters as well as the candidates - any decision might bring...