Sentence examples for grant a motion for from inspiring English sources

Attorneys for three same-sex couples asked Chambers to grant a motion for summary judgment based on the outcome of the case in Virginia, which shares a federal appeal court jurisdiction with West Virginia.

"This is the first time in 20 years that I've had a court grant a motion for acquittal like this," said Lauren Regan, Executive Director of the Eugene Oregon-based Civil Liberties Defense Center and attorney for the Valve Turners.

He granted a motion for a new trial of Officer Kern on the excessive force claim.

Judge Gary A. Nickerson granted a motion for juror inquiry filed by the defense and ordered the jurors to return to Superior Court in Barnstable, Mass., on Jan . 10and 11.

In the New York State case, Judge Richard Wesley granted a motion for the full Court of Appeals to hear a Bronx case involving a man, Frank Robinson, who was riding in a cab when it was pulled over by New York City police officers for speeding.

Judge Minehart also granted a motion for acquittal in five charges of abuse of corpse against Dr. Gosnell, who according to prosecutors killed fetuses that were alive after they were aborted by plunging scissors into their necks.

Breaking: A Turkish court has granted a motion for a stay of execution of the Turkish government's application to block Twitter in the country.

On May 7 , 2008 the court granted a motion for summary judgment against Vick for default and breach of a promissory note and ordered him to pay the bank more than $2.5 million.

Only four votes are required for the court to grant a motion to review a case.

Washington County Attorney Pete Orput said the court granted a motion asking for the maximum sentence for the malicious punishment charge and to run the felony domestic abuse sentence consecutively.

On Feb. 6, however, a federal district court judge in Covington, Ky., the site of the airport, granted a motion by Hertz and Avis for a temporary restraining order against ANC that does not halt the combination, but blocks the Cincinnati airport from changing its contract with ANC.