Sentence examples for defunct law from inspiring English sources

Paul Daugerdas, a former lawyer at the defunct law firm Jenkens & Gilchrist, and three other defendants convicted in a 10-year tax shelter scheme have asked a judge for a new trial, saying a juror had lied about her background.

Kafka could indeed have invented the indeterminate sentence for public protection (IPP), but it is even more iniquitous than described in your article (Defunct law that keeps thousands in jail is branded absurd by Clarke, 31 May).

Last week, a federal judge in Manhattan, in a case involving the defunct law firm Coudert Brothers, ruled that proceeds from cases that had started at Coudert belonged to the Coudert bankruptcy estate, not to the firms where Coudert's former partners had landed.

Mr. Daugerdas, 58, of Wilmette, Ill., was a former partner at the defunct law firm of Jenkens & Gilchrist until late 2006 and counted among his wealthy tax shelter clients a string of prominent names from Silicon Valley to Wall Street, according to recent civil complaints.

He claimed that Satanism encourages adultery and that the defunct law had a "chilling effect" on his relationships.

The Dayton Daily News reported that 21 union members -- including one Republican -- have decided to run for office in order to oust legislators who supported the now defunct law.

It's tempting to think that men who make fatuous comments about lesbians are as insignificant as the soon-to-be defunct laws that have perpetuated marriage inequality.

So, in effect, they are defunct laws, written only to placate observers.

The former partners of now-defunct law firm Brobeck, Phleger & Harrison in San Francisco didn't let mere bad times stop them a few years ago.

The same year Florida enacted its now-defunct law, 71percentt of those surveyed in-state supported it.

Authorities believe Lanzillo and Impola were working for the now-defunct law firm Lackie, Dammeier, McGill & Ethir, which represented the Costa Mesa Police Assn. at the time.