Sentence examples for support of a motion from inspiring English sources

Last week the federal Senate voted in support of a motion launching an inquiry into the IAS.

"Though Plaintiffs' case could appear sympathetic from a policy perspective, it fails when viewed from a legal one," the state wrote in a memorandum in support of a motion to dismiss.

The civil liberties union lawyers submitted their papers to Judge Neil Ross and asked that the document be accepted as an amicus curiae brief in support of a motion to dismiss already filed by Mr. Nunez's lawyer, Jethro M. Eisenstein.

The government faces fresh pressure to introduce a cap on the interest rates payable on short-term "payday" loans targeted at poorer consumers, after a cross-party group of MPs – including David Miliband – signed up in support of a motion demanding action.

MOTION GAINS SUPPORTERS Seven news media companies, including The New York Times, filed a friend-of-the-court brief yesterday in support of a motion filed by the Hearst Corporation that seeks to make public the names of dozens of professional baseball players linked to performance-enhancing drugs.

"Brookfield lacked the authority to exclude people," the lawyer, Jethro M. Eisenstein, argued in support of a motion to dismiss the charges, contending that it was "unseemly and unjust to allow Brookfield to harness the power of the state" to clear the park of protesters.

Far-right and anti-EU MEPs got together on Tuesday to collect enough support for a motion of censure, which must be debated and voted on, possibly as soon asnext week.

In support of a defense motion to dismiss the case, the Electronic Frontier Foundation, an advocacy group based in San Francisco, appealed to the court to protect online expression.

He eventually prepared a detailed affidavit, which is dated Monday and has not been made public, presenting his findings in support of a potential motion by the defendants for a new trial.

But, she wrote, "it is unwise and unnecessary to make a categorical rule that recantations may never be considered in support of an extraordinary motion for a new trial".

The Department of Justice (DOJ) filed a 23-page memorandum in support of an emergency motion to stay the injunction pending an appeal with the United States District Court for the District of Columbia, whose chief judge, Royce Lamberth, issued the stunning 23 August ruling.