The Montgomery County police chief, Charles A. Moose, filed a federal lawsuit seeking to bar the county ethics commission from penalizing him for writing about last fall's Washington-area sniper investigation.
Gatlin's complaint said that penalizing him for a 2001 doping violation, which involved medication he was taking for attention deficit disorder, violated the Americans With Disabilities Act.
Ward would have been better off not to have uttered his uninformed and ill-founded statements, but I do not wish to enhance his sense of martyrdom by penalizing him for giving them public voice.
Then, after he received a code of conduct violation for bad-mouthing a linesman who penalized him for foot faults, the fifth-seeded player extended the match into the fifth set and outfought the 22-year-old Oregonian, 6-4, 5-7, 5-7, 7-6 (7-5), 6-4.
Burress was fined $20,000 for comments he made to the head linesman Phil McKinnely after the official penalized him for unsportsmanlike conduct, and $20,000 for postgame comments critical of the officiating.
For example, if you doubt a contractor's claims that he can finish your home renovation project in three months, propose a contingent contract that will penalize him for late completion and/or reward him for early completion.
NASCAR--Fined Greg Steadman, crew chief for the No. 43 Winston Cup Series team, $20,000, and penalized him, for rules violations found in post-race inspection following the Food City 500 on March 25.
He put his hand down as he landed his quadruple salchow and the judges penalized him for under-rotating it, but he was awarded good scores for his skating skills, choreography and interpretation.
It seems coldhearted to penalize him for circumstances beyond his control.
Twice before that worrisome blackout, university authorities had penalized him for drinking.
