Sentence examples for equitable courts from inspiring English sources

Addressing our abstention cases, the Ninth Circuit held that the federal courts' power to abstain in certain cases is "locat[ed]... in the unique powers of equitable courts," and that it derives from equity courts'discretionarynary power to grant or withhold relief.' " 47 F. 3d, at 355 (quoting Alabama Pub. Serv. Comm'n v. Southern R. Co., 341 U. S., at 350-351).

The Exchequer's fees were also higher than those of the Court of Chancery, and with both courts now using almost identical precedent it was seen as unnecessary to maintain two equitable courts.

Part of a large reform movement to prevent equitable courts such as the Court of Chancery undermining their business, the Bill was far cheaper and faster than the older equivalents used by the Chancery and Common Pleas, leading to a drop in their business and an increase in that of the King's Bench.

Courts' equitable discretion in handling stay requests is governed by well-established principles.

The ruling focuses rather mechanically on Canada's interlocutory injunction standard, and on courts' equitable powers to enjoin non-parties.

Statutes of limitations have some flexibility to them and are sometimes subject to "equitable tolling," allowing courts to temper formalism with fairness.

Similarly, the injunction issued by the Federal District Court at the holdout bondholders' request seems to be in direct conflict with the Foreign Sovereign Immunities Act of 1976, which largely displaced courts' equitable or common law powers in this area.

[20 Cal .3d594] Because of the all-or-nothing nature of the equitable indemnity rule, courts were, from the beginning, understandably reluctant to shift the entire loss to a party who was simply slightly more culpable than another.

As a consequence, throughout the long history of the equitable indemnity doctrine courts have struggled to find some linguistic formulation that would provide an appropriate test for determining when the relative culpability of the parties is sufficiently disparate to warrant placing the entire loss on one party and completely absolving the other.

Section 307(a), 45 U.S.C. 547(a), gives the Attorney General of the United States and employees under labor agreements the power to obtain from a district court equitable relief against either Amtrak or any railroad acting in violation of the Act. 3 Petitioners argue that § 307(a) restricts suits to the Attorney General and to employees.

The court then stated: "Because of our reluctance to rewrite the Florida Election Code, we conclude that we must invoke the equitable powers of this court to fashion a remedy". The court thus imposed a deadline of Nov. 26, at 5 p.m., for a return of ballot counts.