"I turned over everything I was obligated to turn over.
Concerned at the sizable collection of documents, she asked Nassar if the pages had been turned over to the defense ― prosecutors are obligated to turn over any evidence that could be favorable to a defendant ― and Nassar responded, "Why would I?" according to the ruling.
When this primary season is over, she is obligated to help Mr. Obama unify the party, to campaign hard and sincerely for Mr. Obama, and to show her supporters why it is essential to support the Democratic nominee in November.
Before the Ricci decision, employers, upon discovering that a particular test or work requirement was inadvertently favoring one group over another were obligated and encouraged to take proactive action to tackle that problem.
Because of the subpoena issued in 1997, the lawyers were obligated to turn over the records to prosecutors.
They usually paid $80 a session, which the prostitutes were obligated to hand over to Mr. Liu, the police said.
Judge Arthur D'Italia ruled in March that officials of the Hudson County jail in Kearny and the Passaic County jail in Paterson were obligated to turn over the names of detainees.
The women on the trail were flushed and sweating in their chadors and manteaus, the black tunics that Iranian women are obligated to wear over their clothes.
The issue of whether the government was obligated to turn over F.B.I. documents to the defense has already been litigated unsuccessfully in the case of Mr. Nichols.
But the quests also raise questions of what rights the police have to witnesses' smartphones and whether police officers make clear that bystanders are not legally obligated to turn over their phones.
Mr. Freeh said some F.B.I. offices had misinterpreted the instructions to send in all documents or had misunderstood that prosecutors had agreed to an unusual arrangement in which they were obligated to turn over to the defense team almost every investigative report, covering many more documents than is customary in criminal prosecutions.
