Robert Bozelli, a lawyer for Mr. Barton, said that the statute presented a "balanced approach" to dealing with meritless defamation cases, but that if lawmakers had intended for defendants to be able to appeal a motion denying dismissal before a trial concluded, they would have explicitly included that right in the statute.
The judge, Cecilia M. Altonaga, said the case, brought under a seldom-tested 1789 law, the Alien Tort Statute, presented "relatively novel issues of jurisdiction and international law".
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That might be the headline if Germany's draft law on ring-fencing financial risks ever hits the statute books in its present form.
Some observers of the interview who doubt Armstrong's contention that he did not cheat during his comeback in 2009, when he continued to work with the infamous doping doctor Michele Ferrari, have suggested that he might be thinking of the statute of limitations, or presenting a case that his ban should be shorter and back-dated to 2005.
Neither bill has yet reached the statute book, but in their present form they are sure to chase away foreign investors.
"Reading in" refers to adding in words that are not present in the statute so as to ensure compliance with Convention rights, and "reading out" removing words in a statute to do so.
One of Mr. Taylor's lawyers, Kevin M. Doyle, chief attorney for the New York Capital Defender Office, a state-financed legal office, noted that the decision on Thursday by the New York State Court of Appeals explicitly stated that "under the present statute, the death penalty may not be imposed".
But the court's majority said, "Under the present statute, the death penalty may not be imposed".
The decision left the rest of the law in place, but it said that "under the present statute, the death penalty may not be imposed".
