Sentence examples for petitions for relief from inspiring English sources

Like other lakeside communities, we then moved our petitions for relief to local and state governments.

On November 21 , 2002 Dixie Metals Company and Refined Metals Corporation (the "Additional Debtors") also filed voluntary petitions for relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

The big question is whether Mr. Obama's decision on Chinese tires will prompt a rash of petitions for relief from other aggrieved industries or unions.

First, they approached the U.N. with "petitions for relief" that asked the organization to apologize, invest in clean water systems, and compensate the victims.

Within the council, the lord chancellor a leading bishop led the meetings and, probably as early as the reign of Richard II (1372 99), dealt personally with petitions for relief.

The Supreme Court of Louisiana said merely that the pending petitions for relief in this case presented an executive, rather than a judicial, question and, by that mistake of law, it precluded itself from discussing the constitutional issue before us.

Students who were left stranded, mid-degree, because of a campus closure could also petition for relief.

The company, owned by a private equity firm based in Greenwich, Conn., filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code.

Republican governors in particular, the aides said, had been reluctant to petition for relief while the party's leaders in Congress were criticizing Democrats for driving up the national debt.

Few groups have petitioned for relief as Chinese exports gained broad access to the United States in 2001, and the I.T.C. recommended tariffs in only four cases out of six.

Last week lawmakers from both parties and across the ideological spectrum introduced legislation that would allow companies in the United States to petition for relief from foreign competitors benefiting from currency manipulation, setting off a mandatory Commerce Department investigation.