Common sense suggests something similar ought to happen to the civil action too.
Seeing a sea change, and feeling vindicated, PokerStars promptly settled the civil action, and began its march toward U.S. legitimacy.
But Cornell University law professor Josh Chafetz, a legislative expert and former federal clerk, says any judicial proceedings relating to the civil action will likely take years and outlast any political interest in the case.
The goal of the civil action -- beyond continued political embarrassment to a president in the middle of a tough re-election campaign -- would be to compel Justice Department officials and their political allies in the White House to hand over the documents in question.
When the FAA issues an airworthiness directive, it also alerts the international aviation community to the action so other civil aviation authorities can take parallel action to cover the fleets operating in their own countries.
"The civil penalty action against China Aviation Oil Holding Company is a signal to the market that we expect all entities undertaking transactions in this jurisdiction to fully comply with Singapore law, " said monetary authority deputy managing director Shane Tregillis.
If the judge agrees, the company can take civil action against the infringing foreign site.
The terms of the Asbo - a civil action served at the end of criminal proceedings - also say Walford cannot attack or threaten anyone, or tamper with cars, in the whole of Gloucestershire.
After District Attorney Rex Gore closed the criminal investigation, the Buff family filed a civil action for the purposes of determining the cause of death.
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If the House brings a civil action to enforce its subpoena, the matter is unlikely to resolved by the courts before the election or, indeed, before the expiration of the current Congress.
In 2008, the SEC brought the underlying civil enforcement action against Alpert and Gabelli that alleged that from 1999 until 2002 Alpert and Gabelli allowed one GGGF investor Headstart Advisers, Ltd.
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If talks prove fruitless, Spurs could yet make a complaint to the Premier League or take action through the civil courts.
Meanwhile, the special committee is piling up evidence that might lead to civil action by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission or even a criminal complaint by the U.S. Justice Department.
Nevertheless, the American Civil Liberties Union has launched legal action against the Department of Defense.
The Justice Department declined Tuesday to comment on potential civil action against Armstrong, saying the whistle-blower suit is under court seal.
The Justice Department declined any comment Wednesday on potential civil action against Armstrong, saying the whistleblower suit involving claims the cycling team defrauded the government is under court seal.
The fact is, with all first amendment issues, whether the societal good done by the government action outweighs the harm done to our civil liberties.
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The class-action lawsuit was the result of separate civil suits that challenged the three antiloitering laws.
Weaver did not testify in Sandusky's trial, but did file a civil action against the former coach.
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House Republicans are well aware of this recent history, which helps explain the separate measure authorizing a civil action.
DeLeon wants the Department of Homeland Security to set up a grievance procedure to address civil rights issues related to the immigration action.
The Crown Office's Civil Recovery Unit (CRU) raised the action for the forfeiture of the money at Dundee Sheriff Court on the basis that it had been derived from unlawful conduct.
Last November, school authorities in Riverside County, California, backed down over plans to post the Ten Commandments in schools, after a civil rights organisation began legal action claiming that the display represented the promotion of religion by the government.
"All their lives, blacks are told to work through the system to get a piece of the action, " says Morial, a civil rights lawyer and judge before his 1978 election.
Mr Belcuore's family said they were considering taking civil legal action against the trust.
Civil action, because the evidence required is much lower, is in many ways a more attractive option.
But some public figures are taking civil legal action against the newspaper.
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The Ruckus Society and the Direct Action Network are teaching civil disobedience.
But some public figures are taking civil legal action against the newspaper, and documents disclosed in those cases have led to new developments.
He already faces a civil legal action over the alleged incident.
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