We can't be completely sure: as Judge Reggie Walton, the presiding judge of the FISA court, explained to Senator Patrick Leahy in a letter dated July 29th, FISA proceedings, decisions, and legal rationales are typically secret.
The Pentagon framed the overturn of Noor Mohammed's conviction this way, "Subsequent to his commission proceedings, decisions by the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals in separate commissions cases established that it was legal error to try the offense of providing material support for terrorism before a military commission".
Moreover, it was suggested that the crown prosecution service ensure that a victim or victim's family should be kept informed of any proposal to discontinue proceedings, that decisions to discontinue any prosecution should be carefully and fully recorded in writing, and that normally decisions should be disclosable to the family.
Scott Helfman, a Deustche Bank spokesman, said loan servicers, not the bank, were responsible for foreclosure-related legal proceedings, including decisions on loan modifications.
Although landlords are showing willingness to delay eviction proceedings until decisions have been made, the length of time is still leading to significantly more arrears being accrued.
Judges now have vast discretion in divorce proceedings, so decisions on alimony, child custody and the division of property vary widely by state, and even among judges in the same state.
All proceedings and decisions taken during discussions are recorded in the patient's medical file.
Since he is one of the few people who meet with Mr. Snowden, he has been besieged for updates in the proceedings — a decision, which had been expected imminently, could now be weeks away — and also for hints to his client's strategy and mood as his odyssey unfolds.
At times, the Philharmonic seemed almost incidental to the proceedings, as programming decisions were delegated to a range of music schools and local groups, including Yale, Aspen, the New York City Electroacoustic Music Festival, and National Sawdust.
At this point there may have been no court proceedings nor judicial decision that the child should be permanently removed from its parents.
In addition, Justice Joseph Teresi kept a fair and firm hand on the proceedings, and his decision to permit cameras in the courtroom allowed the public to understand the legal complexities of the officers' claims of self-defense.
