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Oral argument — United States v. Cristobal Velasquez

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 6, 2017

Calciano, he committed racketeering acts that constituted interference with interstate or foreign commerce? Yes, Your Honor. So racketeering acts sounds like it includes others, not just him, right? … And when you're talking about Doyle error, one of the factors is whether it was a spontaneous comment by the witness or a comment prompted by the prosecutor.

Oral argument — Terkel v. Centers for Disease

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 6, 2021

Your Honor, I don't think that possibility exists here, to think that another agency would act. … We don't think that the court could act here because this case is moot.

Oral argument — Christy Williams v. Tarrant County College Dist

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 6, 2017

, 2, the Americans with Disabilities Act, and 3, the Texas state law equivalent to the Americans with Disabilities Act and the Texas Labor Code. … We've touched on pretext, so I'll skip over that except for a couple of comments.

Oral argument — Dora Maldonado v. Ricardo Rodriguez, Jr.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 5, 2019

He did not testify that there were problems with any employees or any criminal misconduct that he had to clean house. Dora Munoz, he gave no explanation. … He just said he wanted his own person in it, period, and it was his right, just like when he'd been elected judge, he could pick his own coordinator, or he could pick his own employees.

Oral argument — Blayne Williams v. City of Austin

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 7, 2017

This is not something that is a number of discrete acts. … How can a long period of time negate causation?

Oral argument — Jackson v. Wright

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 3, 2023

The provost was acting in the name of the university. The department chair was acting in the name of the university. This ad hoc committee was acting in the name of the university. … Yes, so he doesn't keep a clean distinction between those two types of motions.

Oral argument — Breaux v. Worrell

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 5, 2025

Under the comments it essentially says that civil law representation is the same as common law agency. … This also speaks to the comments, though, that can be found in 2985.

Oral argument — Eryon Luke v. CPlace Forest Park SNF, L.L.C.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Aug 2, 2017

After expressing her willingness and desire to work, her employer denied the accommodation in violation of the Pregnancy Discrimination Act. … Your earlier comments, Judge, that there can be subsets of women, and Ms. Luke was an individual who had twins who had received a doctor's note saying that she could not lift more than 30 pounds.

Oral argument — United States v. Johnny Smith

Oral argument · Oral argument · Nov 5, 2019

for the moment of the government's concession, quote-unquote, that the District Court aired by raising it, did your answer, not you personally, the government's answer invoke the waiver? … My comments weren't meant to be . . . No, I understand. . . . critical in the sense is that, one, it's the reason why we granted oral argument as opposed to straight off.

Oral argument — Steven Broussard v. Jefferson County

Oral argument · Oral argument · Feb 5, 2018

With regard to the comment, you're becoming a pain in my ass, that comment came when the sheriff confronted Mr. Broussard about his failure to approve overtime. … And they must have acted on that. In that case, the Fifth Circuit said, that is an unavailing leap of logic.

Oral argument — Ramirez v. Paloma Energy Consultants

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 4, 2022

As I understand it, if you give this medication, this treatment, sorry, to somebody who is beyond the four-hour period, it actually could be very dangerous. … Petrie did not act. That he did not act. That's the complaint. And none of the cases that plaintiff has cited, uh, uh, for negligent undertaking apply here.

Oral argument — Cutshall v. Dillow

Oral argument · Oral argument · Apr 28, 2026

I don't think in that case he was acting totally erratically. … It's not just enough to put yourself in that moment and then say that we have clean hands. So what, in your argument, should the police officer do? Yes, Your Honor, thank you very much.

Oral argument — NuStar Energy Services, Inc. v. M/V COSCO AUCKLAND

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 5, 2018

test, where to have standing they have to show injury in fact, a causal connection between the behavior component of the injury, and New Star has no injury here, with respect to the assignment in the air … Or you have to show that the shipowner controlled the selection or directed the selection of the subcontractor, pretty much to the extent that the contractor was acting as the agent, the owner, in selecting

Oral argument — United States v. Cooper

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 6, 2021

And my position is that the definition of person under the Social Security Act does not encompass limited liability companies. … And so for those reasons, the government believes that Count 18 should be sustained under the plein air standard, but also under a de novo standard if the court believes that it should be reviewed that

Oral argument — Rochelle Flynn v. Distinctive Home Care, Inc.

Oral argument · Oral argument · Dec 3, 2015

But as I understand it, the assertion is made, and maybe there's evidence in summary judgment record, that when she developed this disability, claimed disability, it was the government, I guess the Air … And, Judge Dennis, if I may address your inquiry with regard to the legislative comments, and I think it's important to point to what Senator Harkin said because it continues a thread that is present and

Oral argument — Gomez v. Galman

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 8, 2021

right back to Monell in the Department of Justice report and also the independent remonitor review which said that it was the training the the protection the the code of blue this officer on probationary period … with the air of authority of a police officer so they were police officers so because they were off duty their manner their tone their talk it just cut off like you cut your phone off so i mean in the

Oral argument — Gomez v. Galman

Oral argument · Oral argument · Oct 8, 2021

Yes, they were, they were police officers, but they were not acting with the air of authority of a police officer. So they were police officers. … These officers were on probationary periods. That gets us to Moneo as well as the color of law.

Oral argument — Wanda Rogers v. Bromac Title Services, L.L.C., et

Oral argument · Oral argument · Jun 4, 2014

Rogers' case presents one claim, that she was terminated because of her Grand Jury service in violation of the Jury Service Improvement Act. By reason of? … However, nothing occurred during that time period. Nothing occurred that impacted her employment status during that time period.

Oral argument — United States v. Demi Muniz

Oral argument · Oral argument · Sep 2, 2015

He was totally acting erratically. I mean, he's taking his shirt off, taking his shirt off, putting it back on, saying he's hot, saying he's cold. That's not normal. That's correct, Your Honor. … That was one, that was your penultimate sentence, period. Everything else was based on Parsons, which may be fine.

Oral argument — Carey Ebert v. Michael Gustin

Oral argument · Oral argument · Mar 13, 2019

It was the—he went through the debts of the company as a whole during the period in which Mr. … So they've cited, for example, a claim where a trustee tries to bring a Fair Labor Standards Act claim on behalf of employees to recover their wages that were withheld from them.