The document outlines the schedule and topics for the First Annual District Conference of the District Court of the United States Virgin Islands held on January 19, 2010. The conference included discussions on judicial independence, appellate review in the Virgin Islands court system, a Supreme Court roundup, and whether constitutional rights extend to US citizens in territories. It also featured a bench/bar forum on the district court overview and the magistrate judge issue with a panel of local judges.
Перші результати впровадження проектів громадських організаційGalyna Smirnova
В рамках проекту ЄС та ПРООН «Поширення кращих практик недержавного моніторингу надання адміністративних послуг» 15 ГО впроваджують проекти громадського моніторингу в 23 містах України.
Presentation discussing the importance of reserves, how they should be used, ways to predict risk, and strategies for enhancing - Tate Tryon CPAs - Nonprofit CPA Firm
This presentation was given by Kate Hawkins, Institute of Development Studies, at a capacity building workshop on research communication in April 2008.
Paula Jones v. President Clinton
(Can a sitting president avoid civil litigation due to separation of powers? No, he cannot, according to this court of law!)
Перші результати впровадження проектів громадських організаційGalyna Smirnova
В рамках проекту ЄС та ПРООН «Поширення кращих практик недержавного моніторингу надання адміністративних послуг» 15 ГО впроваджують проекти громадського моніторингу в 23 містах України.
Presentation discussing the importance of reserves, how they should be used, ways to predict risk, and strategies for enhancing - Tate Tryon CPAs - Nonprofit CPA Firm
This presentation was given by Kate Hawkins, Institute of Development Studies, at a capacity building workshop on research communication in April 2008.
Paula Jones v. President Clinton
(Can a sitting president avoid civil litigation due to separation of powers? No, he cannot, according to this court of law!)
121412 This Document is Prov ided by Leagle.comwww.leag.docxmoggdede
12/14/12 This Document is Prov ided by Leagle.com
www.leagle.com/PrintDocument.aspx
IN RE QUINLAN
70 N.J. 10 (1976)
355 A.2d 647
IN THE MATTER O F KAREN Q UINLAN, AN ALLEGED INCO MPETENT.
The Supreme Court of New Jersey.
Argued January 26, 1976.
Decided March 31, 1976.
Mr. Paul W. Armstrong and Mr. James M. Crowley, a member of the New York bar, argued the cause
for appellant Joseph T. Quinlan (Mr. Paul W. Armstrong, attorney).
Mr. Daniel R. Coburn argued the cause for respondent Guardian ad Litem Thomas R. Curtin.
Mr. William F. Hyland, Attorney General of New Jersey, argued the cause for respondent State of
New Jersey (Mr. Hyland, attorney; Mr. David S. Baime and Mr. John DeCicco, Deputy Attorneys General,
of counsel; Mr. Baime, Mr. DeCicco, Ms. Jane E. Deaterly, Mr. Daniel Louis Grossman and Mr. Robert E.
Rochford, Deputy Attorneys General, on the brief).
Mr. Donald G. Collester, Jr., Morris County Prosecutor, argued the cause for respondent County of
Morris.
Mr. Ralph Porzio argued the cause for respondents Arshad Javed and Robert J. Morse (Messrs. Porzio,
Bromberg and Newman, attorneys; Mr. Porzio, of counsel; Mr. Porzio and Mr. E. Neal Zimmermann, on the
brief).
Mr. Theodore E.B. Einhorn argued the cause for respondent Saint Clare's Hospital.
Mr. Edward J. Leadem filed a brief on behalf of amicus curiae New Jersey Catholic Conference.
The opinion of the Court was delivered by HUGHES, C.J.
[ 70 N.J. 18 ]
THE LITIGATION
The central figure in this tragic case is Karen Ann Quinlan, a New Jersey
resident. At the age of 22, she lies in a debilitated and allegedly moribund state at Saint Clare's
Hospital in Denville, New Jersey. The litigation has to do, in final analysis, with her life, — its
continuance or cessation, — and the responsibilities, rights and duties, with regard to any fateful
decision concerning it, of her family, her guardian, her doctors, the hospital, the State through its law
enforcement authorities, and finally the courts of justice.
The issues are before this Court following its direct certification of the action under the rule, R.
2:12-1, prior to hearing in the Superior Court, Appellate Division, to which the appellant (hereafter
"plaintiff") Joseph Quinlan, Karen's father, had appealed the adverse judgment of the Chancery
Division.
Due to extensive physical damage fully described in the able opinion of the trial judge, Judge
12/14/12 This Document is Prov ided by Leagle.com
2/22www.leagle.com/PrintDocument.aspx
Muir, supporting that judgment, Karen allegedly was incompetent. Joseph Quinlan sought the
adjudication of that incompetency. He wished to be appointed guardian of the person and property of
his daughter. It was proposed by him that such letters of guardianship, if granted, should contain an
express power to him as guardian to authorize the discontinuance of all extraordinary medical
procedures now allegedly sustaining Karen's vital processes and hence her life, since these
measures ...
United Nations General Assembly (64th Session) Agenda Item 68 Right Of Pe...Genevieve Whitaker
The UN GENERAL ASSEMBLY (GA) during its 64th Session (18 Dec. 2009) adopted the following RESOLUTION (A/RES/64/149): Universal realization of the right of peoples to self-determination.
~Link to Overseas Territories Review Blog\'s coverage of the resolution: http://overseasreview.blogspot.com/2010/01/un-adopts-annual-self-determination.html
The White House Project\'s GO LEAD Program: Genevieve Whitaker\'s Acceptance ...Genevieve Whitaker
Genevieve Whitaker has been accepted to attend The White House Project organization\'s GO LEAD Program! Here is the link to the organization\'s website: http://www.thewhitehouseproject.org/.
ILMA RODGERS-FRANCIS, ODC, & TS ENTERTAINMENT
WHEN: SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2009
TIME: 1:00 - 9:30 P.M.
WHERE: ISLAND CENTER
CONTACT: ILMA RODGERS-FRANCIS
TEL. 772-1330 EXT. 3104, 772-3978, OR 244-3781
EMAIL: iyoungthing@yahoo.com
Statement of Fifth Constitutional Convention President Luz James II Speech ...Genevieve Whitaker
The speech of Fifth Constitutional Convention President Gerard A. Luz James II who spoke before the United Nations, 64th Session of the General Assembly (GA) Special Political and Decolonization Fourth Committee.
University of the Virgin Islands\' 4-H Club. Inaugural Organizational Meeting
~When: Thursday, October 8, 2009
~Where: UVI Research & Extension Center, Room 143
1. DISTRICT COURT OF THE VIRGIN ISLANDS
FIRST ANNUAL DISTRICT CONFERENCE
TUESDAY, JANUARY 19, 2010
8:00 a.m.- 8:30 a.m. Registration & Continental Breakfast
8:30 a.m.- 8:35 a.m. Welcome
Chief Judge Curtis V. Gómez, District Court of the United States Virgin
Islands
8:35 a.m.- 10:05 a.m. Judicial Independence: Can Judges Provide “Reason Free From
Passion?”
A Case Study in Judicial Independence: The Battle Between the People’s
Will and the First Amendment in Kitzmiller v. Dover Area School
District
Judge John E. Jones, United States District Court for the Middle District
of Pennsylvania (M.D. Pa.)
Does the Concept of Judicial Independence Subvert the Will of the
People?
Moderator: Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of University of
California, Irvine School of Law
Panelists: Chief Justice Rhys Hodge, Supreme Court of the United States
Virgin Islands; Judge John E. Jones, M.D. Pa.; Senator Louis P. Hill,
President of the Virgin Islands Legislature; Charles W. Turnbull, Ph.D.,
former Governor of the Virgin Islands
Why Should Judges Serve as Guardians Against the “Tyranny of the
Majority?”
Moderator: Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of University of
California, Irvine School of Law
Panelists: Presiding Judge Darryl Donohue, United States Virgin Islands
Superior Court; Chief Judge Anthony Scirica, United States Court of
Appeals for the Third Circuit; Senator Nereida Rivera-O’Reilly,
Member of the Virgin Islands Legislature; Charles W. Turnbull, Ph.D.,
former Governor of the Virgin Islands
10:05 a.m. -10:20 a.m. Morning Break
10:20 a.m.-11:05 a.m. Appellate Review
A View from the Third Circuit on Virgin Islands Appellate Practice
Chief Judge Anthony J. Scirica, Third Circuit
2. Procedural Considerations in Pursuing a Review on Writ of Certiorari in
the Virgin Islands
Moderator: Pamela Colon, Esquire
Panelists: Venetia Velazquez, Clerk of Court for the Virgin Islands
Superior Court; Veronica Handy, Clerk of Court for the Virgin Islands
Supreme Court; Marcia M. Waldron, Clerk of Court for the Third Circuit
11:05 a.m.- 12:05 p.m. Supreme Court Round-Up
Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of University of California, Irvine
School of Law
12:05 p.m.-1:05 p.m. Lunch
The Spiritual Revitalization of the Legal Profession
Dr. David Hall, President of the University of the Virgin Islands
1:05 p.m. -2:05 p.m. Do All Constitutional Rights Extend to U.S. Citizens in U.S. Territories?
Moderator: Professor Erwin Chemerinsky, Dean of University of
California, Irvine School of Law
Panelists: Chief Judge Frances Marie Tydingco-Gatewood, District Court
of Guam; U.S. Ambassador Terence A. Todman; Joanne Bozzuto,
Esquire; Jomo Meade, Esquire
2:05 p.m.-2:15 p.m. Break
2:15 p.m.-3:45 p.m. Bench/Bar Forum
District Overview
Chief Judge Curtis V. Gómez, District Court of the Virgin Islands
Magistrate Judge Issue Panel
Moderator: Andrew Capdeville, Esquire
Panelists: Magistrate Judge Geoffrey W. Barnard, District Court of the
Virgin Islands; Magistrate Judge George W. Cannon, District Court of
the Virgin Islands; Magistrate Jessica Gallivan, Superior Court of the
Virgin Islands; Magistrate Alan Smith, Superior Court of the Virgin
Islands
3:45 p.m. Adjourn