Sonia Sotomayor

Type: Person

Name: Sonia Sotomayor

Title: Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court - Nominee

Date of Birth: 1954-06-25

Place of Birth: New York City

Nationality: United States

First reported 6 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 3 reports

Woman may seek attorney's fees even if original suit was filed late

WASHINGTON, May 20 (UPI) --The Supreme Court, in an opinion written by Justice Sonia Sotomayor, ruled Melissa Cloer could seek attorney's fees under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 even though her original lawsuit was dismissed because ... [Published UPI - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Sonia Sotomayor, Multiple Sclerosis, Vaccine

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 48 mins ago - 2 reports

PPL Corporation

Utility can use overseas tax payment to offset U.S. taxes

The utility PPL Corp., based in Pennsylvania, can claim a credit on its U.S. tax filing to offset an overseas tax payment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday. In 1997, Britain imposed a one-time "windfall tax" on 32 British companies privatized between ... [Published Individual.com - 1 hour ago]

Entities: Taxes, PPL Corporation, United States

First reported 2 hours ago - Updated 2 hours ago - 1 reports

Ruth Bader Ginsburg

High court uphold FCC power in cell tower disputes

FILE: In this photo taken Oct. 8, 2011, the justices of the U.S. Supreme Court gather for a group portrait at the Supreme Court Building in Washington. Seated from left to right are: Associate Justice Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Antonin Scalia, ... [Published Rockmart Journal - 2 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Communications Commission, Pablo Martinez, Stephen Breyer, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito

First reported 3 hours ago - Updated 3 hours ago - 1 reports

Federal Communications Commission

Top Court Says FCC Can Set Cell Tower Deadlines

WASHINGTON--The Supreme Court handed the telecommunications industry a victory Monday, ruling that federal regulators can set deadlines for state and local authorities to act on applications for new cell phone towers.The federal Telecommunications Act ... [Published 4 Traders - 3 hours ago]

Entities: Federal Communications Commission, Antonin Scalia, Chevron Corp, Zoning, courts

First reported 4 hours ago - Updated 4 hours ago - 1 reports

2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture: Justice Sonia Sotomayor, Author of "My Beloved World"

Justice Sonia SotomayorAbout the ProgramSupreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor delivers the 2013 PEN World Voices Festival Arthur Miller Freedom to Write Lecture at Cooper Union in New York City. Following her remarks, Justice Sotomayor is interviewed ... [Published Booktv - 4 hours ago]

Entities: Sonia Sotomayor, Arthur Miller, Henry Louis, United States Court of Appeals for the Second C...

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

US Supreme Court

High court to review church-state dispute over public prayers

US Supreme Court2010 US Supreme Court Class Photo Pictured - bottom row (left to right) - Clarence Thomas, Antonin Scalia, John G. Roberts, Jr. (Chief Justice), Anthony M. Kennedy, Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Top row - (left to right) Sonia Sotomayor, Stephen ... [Published CBS 58 - 5 hours ago]

Entities: US Supreme Court, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, Samuel Alito

First reported 5 hours ago - Updated 5 hours ago - 1 reports

Sonia Sotomayor

Court: woman can seek lawyer fees in vaccine case

The justices disagreed, with Justice Sonia Sotomayor writing that even unsuccessful petitions under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act can get attorneys' fees if they are "brought in good faith and (for which) there was a reasonable basis." ... [Published Modesto Bee - 5 hours ago]

Entities: Vaccine, Sonia Sotomayor

First reported 8 hours ago - Updated 8 hours ago - 1 reports

Monday round-up

Briefly: As part of her outreach to poor and immigrant parents, Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke recently at the New York City Department of Education’s English Language Learning Parent Conference, where she urged the audience to work hard to place their ... [Published SCOTUSblog - 8 hours ago]

Entities: English Language Learning, New York City Department of Education, Justice John Paul Stevens, Mark Walsh

First reported 17 hours ago - Updated 17 hours ago - 1 reports

SOFTBALL | Onorato ?15 named player of the year

A picture is worth a thousand words. Check out some photos of the colorful hats and speaker @CoryBooker at Class Day. http://t.co/29J5rZ6T8R about 1 hour agoIn his Class Day address, Newark mayor Cory Booker LAW '97 challenged graduating seniors to embrace ... [Published Yale Daily News - 17 hours ago]

Entities: Cory Booker, Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court

First reported 19 hours ago - Updated 19 hours ago - 1 reports

Sotomayor to receive honorary degree

Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor LAW '79 enters the Yale Center for British Art Sunday evening. Photo by Joyce Xi.Associate Justice of the Supreme Court Sonia Sotomayor LAW ’79 was among the guests seen entering the Yale Center ... [Published Yale Daily News - 19 hours ago]

Entities: Sonia Sotomayor, Supreme Court, Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court, Robert Gates, Debarkation

First reported May 18 2013 - Updated May 18 2013 - 1 reports

Justice Sotomayor: The Whole Truth.

By: Gloria J. Browne-Marshall, J.D./M.A. The Dallas Weekly | 0 commentsPosted on May 17, 2013Justice Sonia Sotomayor was brutally honest. No U.S. Supreme Court Justice has ever revealed such personal details of life behind their rise to this nation’s ... [Published Dallas Weekly - May 18 2013]

Entities: Sonia Sotomayor, Henry Gates, US Supreme Court, Racial Profiling, Affirmative Action

First reported May 16 2013 - Updated May 17 2013 - 2 reports

Police Ask For Public?s Help Finding Suspect In Attempted Abductions Near Northeast Schools

LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Detectives at the Los Angeles Police Department Northeast Division are telling residents to be on the lookout for one or two suspects attempting to lure teenage girls into their car.At least four attempted abductions were reported ... [Published CBS Los Angeles - May 17 2013]

Entities: Abduction, Police, Sonia Sotomayor, Education

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Monday round-up [Published SCOTUSblog - 8 hours ago] Briefly: As part of her outreach to poor and immigrant parents, Justice Sonia Sotomayor spoke recently at the New York City Department of Education’s English Language Learning Parent Conference, where she urged the audience to work hard to place their ...
Why The New Republic Should Not Collect Subscri... [Published Brad DeLong - May 15 2013] I see that Jeffrey Rosen is still writing for the New Republic. Why oh why can't we have a better press corps?Brad DeLong : Why Do Intelligent People Write for the New Republic?: It is a mystery.James McKinley interviewing Jose Cabranes about Sonia Sotomayor:Sonia ...
Why The New Republic Should Not Collect Subscri... [Published J. Bradford DeLong's Grasping Reality with All ... - May 15 2013] I see that Jeffrey Rosen is still writing for the New Republic. Why oh why can't we have a better press corps? Brad DeLong : Why Do Intelligent People Write for the New Republic? : It is a mystery. James McKinley interviewing Jose Cabranes about Sonia ...
Is Anybody Shocked That Americans Trust TV Judg... [Published Techdirt - May 10 2013] Cross-posted from I suppose that’s a rhetorical question. When you live in a nation that’s been reduced to an army of mindless reality-TV-watching drones, it’s not exactly surprising that the average citizen is more inclined to trust a television ...
Supreme Court Rejects Remedy For Man Who Waited... [Published Think Progress - Apr 29 2013] Jonathan Boyer spent seven years in a Louisiana jail before he even saw a trial in the case against him. A Louisiana court found that the bulk of this delay was caused by the state’s failure to pay for the lawyer to which Boyer was constitutionally ...

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Joseph Biden Sworn in as Vice President [Published WSJ.com Video - Digits - Jan 21 2013]
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