Also, only the Supreme Court has the authority to grant a divorce and to deal with claims under the Divorce Act. The Provincial Court can deal with child and spousal support and can deal with issues of custody and access and the granting of no contact and non-molestation orders under the Family Relations Act. The Supreme Court can also deal with these issues under the Family Relations Act. In certain cases applying to the Provincial Court can provide a very fast result.

The Court itself provides an excellent finding aid, Where to Obtain Supreme Court Decisions, on its web site. Textual Supreme Court records are also held in the National Archives Building in Washington, DC, while recorded oral arguments are in the National Archives at College Park. Please contact us if you have questions. Most research into Supreme Court decisions can be done with printed sources at Federal depository libraries.

Establishing a distinct Supreme Court will enhance the credibility of the judicial system. A distinct Supreme Court, quite definitely outside the legislature will, as Lord Steyn put it "carry in the eyes of the public a badge of independence and neutrality: it will be a potent symbol of the allegiance to our country to the rule of law". Our proposals rest on the separation of powers. The Law Lords will be taken out of the House of Lords and set up in a separate Supreme Court.

There are several levels of oversight. The Administrative Director of the Courts provides administration and supervision through his designee, the Alternative Dispute Resolution System Director. The Dispute Resolution Advisory Board provides guidance and assistance to the Administrative Director.

The U.S. Supreme Court Opinions database from FindLaw has Supreme Court decisions since 1893 (covering US Reports v. 150- , 1893- ). The database is browsable by year and US Reports volume number and searchable by citation, case title and any words in the full text. Cornell University has a file of Supreme Court Opinions from 1990 to the present. The site also includes a collection of over 300 of the most important historical decisions of the Court.

BC has a large market for waterfowl because of its diverse ethnic population and large Asian population.

The Internet Movie Database is an excellent production resource that provides comprehensive details and information on virtually every production, including complete cast and crew lists, plot summary, release dates and filming locations.

There are no treaties with the majority of First Nations in B.C. The Canadian Constitution and court decisions all point to the fact that treaties should be negotiated with First Nations in order to build greater certainty over lands and resources, and equality for all British Columbians.

The British Columbia Treaty Commission (BCTC) is an independent body of five commissioners appointed by Canada, British Columbia and the First Nations Summit to oversee the process of treaty negotiations. As "the keeper of the process," the activities of the BCTC allow many treaty negotiations to take place at the same time, rather than queuing treaties and negotiating them one at a time over many decades.

British Columbia has 1,701 reserves, or approximately 63 per cent of Canada's 2,675 reserves. (Source: Government of Canada. See Indian and Northern Affairs Canada (PDF - 798KB)).

In BC, the term psychotherapy is restricted so therapists must call themselves counselors. They have to talk in terms of counseling when they provide the equivalent of psychotherapy. It's a little confusing.

Secession is a question that has never been satisfactorily resolved by the Supreme Court and is unlikely to ever be addressed by the Court in the future. After the war had ended, the case most often cited about secession was Texas vs White from 1869.

On January 25, 1999, the Supreme Court upheld 195, Title 13, United States Code, prohibiting the Census Bureau from using statistical sampling to determine the population count for congressional apportionment purposes (No. 98-564, Clinton, President of the United States, et al. v. Glavin et al., on appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia).

Answer. Yes. Under 28 U.S.C. 1254, decisions of the United States courts of appeals, including decisions reviewing orders of the STB, may be challenged in the Supreme Court. Such a challenge must be made within 90 days of the issuance by the court of appeals of its decision. See 28 U.S.C. 2350. Such challenges may be filed by either the federal government or by other parties, depending upon how the court of appeals ruled in the case.

Aviall Industries, Inc. is a party in a case that reached the U.S. Supreme Court. The case concerned Aviall's ability to get a share of its costs - known as "contribution"- for hazardous site cleanup from another company. The official name and citation of the case is Cooper Industries, Inc. v. Aviall Services, Inc. , 125 S.Ct. 577 (2004); the case is often referred to as "Aviall." The U.S. Supreme Court issued its decision (PDF) (162 kb, 19 pp.) on December 13, 2004.

In 1984, after seven years of litigation, the Supreme Court largely upheld the lower court's initial ruling. In the most far-reaching portion of that decision, that court said flatly that a product is not liable for contributory infringement if it is also used for legitimate purposes. "Indeed, it need merely be capable of substantial noninfringing uses," the court wrote. The court also held that home recording, at least for the noncommercial use of "time shifting," was not infringement.

The Louisiana Constitution distributes the powers of government of the State of Louisiana into three separate branches -- legislative, executive and judicial. Except as provided by the Constitution, no branch of government can exercise the power of another branch of government. This principle is commonly referred to as the constitutional "separation of powers.

Under the Constitution of 1974, the Louisiana Supreme Court is composed of seven justices elected from districts throughout Louisiana. In the year 2000, Supreme Court districts were reapportioned into seven new districts, with one justice elected from each of the districts. The justices of the Louisiana Supreme Court serve 10 year terms of office. The senior justice in point of service is the Chief Justice, who is the chief administrative officer of the judicial system.

In the usual case, attorneys represent their clients in cases before the Louisiana Supreme Court. The attorneys for the clients on each side of the case are given a specific amount of time to state their reasons why the Supreme Court should or should not decide the case a certain way. Only the attorneys speak before the seven supreme court justices. There are no witnesses.