Sentence examples for purpose of impeding from inspiring English sources

The only major issue of dispute between the government and defense is whether anyone at the firm was acting with an improper purpose of impeding the regulatory proceeding.

As such, Mr. Criner and other jurors said, the jury agreed that Ms. Temple had "corruptly persuaded" Mr. Duncan to alter information for the purpose of impeding an official proceeding.

Blasius holds that where an action is taken for the sole or primary purpose of impeding the effectiveness of the shareholder vote, it is deeply suspect and can be sustained only upon the showing of some compelling justification.

Both sides presented their differing legal theories in the case, with prosecutors arguing that even if one employee destroyed records for the purpose of impeding an official investigation in order to benefit Andersen, the firm could be held criminally liable.

Mr. Hardin, Andersen's lead lawyer in the case, said that, in describing the rationale behind its verdict, the jury members demonstrated that they had rejected the government's primary accusations against the firm -- namely, that the large scale destruction of records last fall was undertaken for the purpose of impeding a preliminary inquiry by the S.E.C. into Enron's finances.

It's unclear whether the standard would apply here because the board's action may not have the primary purpose of interfering or impeding the shareholder franchise.

The boycott resolution divides the membership of the association by taking a political position that is extraneous to its statement of purpose, and impedes the "strengthening of relations among persons and institutions in this country and abroad devoted to such studies.

However, the use of oesophageal pressure catheters for that purpose impedes wide clinical use.

Its very purpose was to impede the development and prevent the deployment of missile defenses, and minor adjustments cannot reconcile it with the post-cold-war world.

"The purpose of regulation is not to impede innovation but to ensure safety and effectiveness of medical devices," he stated.

"It seems, the purpose of the confiscation is to impede an endangerment of third parties through the drugs exhibited by destroying them.