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The way he sold the trucks was within state statutes.

Cheryl Wilson

We're dealing with cases that could be very consequential. We're dealing with statutes that provide for massive financial awards for damages.

Tom Goldstein

Lack of understanding about roles/responsibilities results in violation of statutes on board's part.

Stephanie Cravens

(Their interpretation) of 233b doesn't excuse them from having to follow any statutes. The judge ruled on that in 2003 at the very beginning of this case - this is a confirmation of his prior ruling.

Maryanne Ingemanson

Statutes don't say how you are suppose to obtain this stuff.

Julian Morales

We allege the scheme was for the purpose of evading the statutes of limitations.

Michael Dowd

Ideally citizens are to think of themselves as if they were legislators and ask themselves what statutes, supported by what reasons satisfying the criterion of reciprocity, they would think is most reasonable to enact.

John Rawls

The Village at Wolf Creek is in absolute and total compliance with all federal wetlands laws and statutes.

Bob Honts

There are a lot of things in the charter that no longer apply and there have been a lot of new statutes that we need to incorporate. We will have to hold several public meetings. We are going to need to educate the voters about the changes.

Curtis Crews

Statutes authorizing unreasonable searches were the core concern of the framers of the 4th Amendment.

Sandra Day O'conner

The statute appears to cover the conduct of third parties and not pregnant mothers. If you compare statutes from other places, they read significantly different. They clearly would govern the conduct of a pregnant person, but this is not at all clear in Virginia.

Kevin Martingayle

The heyday was Reconstruction, really. And then, starting about 1890, Arkansas imposed statutes that forced black people out of public office and made it impossible to vote -- Jim Crow laws -- and I just started to be amazed.

Judith Kilpatrick

In New Jersey, there are not only statutes making it a crime for law enforcement to leak wire tapped information, but there is also a statute that entitles a person who is damaged by such leaks to recover punitive damages.

Kevin Marino

Our feeling is that it was an incorrect interpretation and it weakens the state's environmental statutes. We have quite a few of these things. The experience indicates that customers make fewer trips of a shorter distance over time. That's a significant reduction in road miles. They're going to one place instead of 14 places to get what they need. We think that's relevant.

John Simley

Obviously, we believe that both [the 301 and 1916 Anti-Dumping Act] statutes are 100 percent consistent with our rights and responsibilities in the World Trade Organization and we'll move forward accordingly.

Jay Ziegler

We know they definitely weren't shooting at the bus, it appeared to be an accident, but it's still a violation of state statutes. He was shooting at a tree, was reloading, and it accidentally went off.

Jeff Luther

Any industry that confronts cases under consumer protection statutes ? and that is every industry in America ? will breathe a huge sigh of relief after this ruling.

Michael Greve

Illinois statutes do not clearly spell out what municipalities are allowed to do and what alternatives property owners have when the power of eminent domain is brought to bear in any situation.

Sen. Susan Garrett

If you leave the state for temporary purposes, that doesn't automatically mean you lose your Texas residency. In the state statutes, there are some guidelines for maintaining that residency.

Scott Haywood

Critics of law enforcement fail to recognize that material witness statutes are designed with judicial oversight safeguards and are critical to aiding criminal investigations ranging from organized-crime rackets to human trafficking.

Kevin Madden

We will be strictly coin-operated and offer games based on skill. I'm just trying to do the right thing here and abide by state laws and statutes.

Don Fiechter

Rhode Island and New York don't have clear definitions of marriage in their statutes or constitutions.

Dale Schowengerdt

Congress may have done a poor job when it revised these statutes. There have already been some problems with it.

Scott Robinson

If a crime occurs in the house and the house is not secure, the next step would obviously be to actually prosecute them for failing to abide by the statutes.

Carl Brizzi

We're trying to meet our obligations for flood protection and stream stewardship, and comply with all the statutes and regulations. It's a juggling act, but we do have to follow the law.

Doug Padley

In the American criminal system, we can have a conspiracy doctrine because we have this unique set of vibrant protections. But when it comes to war-crimes trials, the international consensus is that conspiracy is a no-no. When the U.S. Congress itself defined war crimes in two statutes in 1996 and 1997, it didn't include conspiracy.

Neal Katyal

It's every right under the First Amendment and North Carolina statutes to inform voters how their legislators actually vote in Raleigh.

Art Pope

You simply can't just fire an otherwise good employee who has a spotless record. Our statutes are clearly, squarely against that.

Brian Oakes

The project met the state statutes and town ordinances. He had everything he needed to have.

Michael Shea

Doctor, there are statutes and rules in affect in Ohio which require you to complete very specific hurdles before you can get your license back. One of these things is completion of 28 days of treatment.

Sharon Murphy

The attorney general made those strong pronouncements before the case began to face the scrutiny of defense attorneys, questions about how voluntary were Walker Lindh's statements during government interrogations, and issues involving how particular statutes are applied.

James Robinson

The FAA is now finding that the statutes as crafted don't fit. So now they have to be very liberal in their interpretations of the law in order to accommodate the emerging technologies.

Stuart Witt

I helped write the policy several years ago. I researched both state statutes and federal case law before it was written.

Jeff Harper

My bottom line is I don't think Larry violated any criminal statutes. I just wanted to get this behind him so he can get on with his life.

Michael Pancer

It's highly ironic that it was the conservatives on the court who overturned so many statutes.

Jonathan Turley

If Mr. Davis thinks it is responsible for that board in Halifax County to ignore all the statutes that govern what it is that they're supposed to do, then that is his opinion. The conduct of the local board of health and its employees in this case, regarding Lady Kitchin, is just about as asinine as that comment about what this case is about.

John Bryant

The minutiae of it, how people interpret statutes, that's not the most exciting stuff.

Greta Van Susteren

There are a lot of gray areas. It doesn't really say in the statutes just how you can do it.

Ronald Turner

I was particularly happy that the court clarified that the 1997 compact really is dead and gone, although it remains in the published version of the New Mexico statutes.

Richard Hughes

That's not to say we will not become more involved in the future. There are potential federal criminal statutes that were violated.

Michael Drewniak

They know that we are successful, and we operate according to the law and statutes. And we will fulfill the prime direction mission of the enterprise zone program.

Jamie Harris

These kids have their own gang bible, just like I have a book of general statutes. And they have to study.

Henry King

A lot of times I do not even know if an inmate has a (federal) Immigration and Customs Enforcement hold. And it would not make a difference, because they are still committing crimes here in our prisons and the same statutes apply.

Norm Cooling

The project met the state statutes and town ordinances.

Michael Shea

For two decades, policy-makers have mistakenly assumed that these statutes shield children from drug activity.

Judith Greene