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Florida courts have required the moving party to “conclusively disprove” the nonmovant’s theory of the case in order to eliminate any issue of fact, whereas the federal doctrine permits the entry of summary judgment when there is an absence of evidence to support the nonmoving party’s case.
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In Re: Amendments to Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510, No. SC20-1490 (Fla. Dec. 31, 2020), the Florida Supreme Court, on its own motion, amended Florida Rule of Civil Procedure 1.510 to adopt the summary judgment standard articulated by the United States Supreme Court. Rule 1.510(c) shall remain the same except that the following clause will be added as the last sentence of this subparagraph: “The summary judgment standard provided for in this rule shall be construed and applied in accordance with the federal summary judgment standard articulated in
“These attacks on our democracy, our nation’s Capitol, and Capitol Police are abhorrent and must stop. This is not how the Constitution has guided our country and citizens over the past 232 years. My eternal gratitude goes to the men and women who protect us 24 hours a day at the Capitol. I pray for their safety.
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Attorney General Gordon MacDonald in attendance at the Executive Council meeting Wednesday. Photo/Paula Tracy
CONCORD, NH – Governor Chris Sununu on Wednesday announced that he will nominate Attorney General Gordon MacDonald to serve as the next Chief Justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court. The nomination will be made January 7, at the first Executive Council Meeting of 2021. If confirmed, AG MacDonald will succeed Chief Justice Bob Lynn, who retired on August 23rd, 2019 and take over leadership of the Judicial Branch from Senior Associate Justice Gary Hicks, who has lead the branch admirably for the last year and a half.
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During the Feb. 12 Columbus City Council meeting, Mayor Dwain Dungen was presented with a portrait from the citizens of Columbus. Local pastor and artist Daniel Pore painted the portrait. During the presentation, Pore thanked Dungen for brainstorming with Black leaders in light of the events of the Ferguson incident and showing solidarity with the Black community during the Martin Luther King, Jr. march.
In May, Columbus Community Hospital prepared to lose two valuable assets as Dr. Kirk Anderson of Four Oaks Medical Clinic and CCH CEO Rob Thomas prepared to retire from their posts. Dr. Anderson retired after 40 years of practicing medicine, 35 of which were at Four Oaks Medical Clinic. Thomas retied after serving as CEO and Administrator of CCH for 23 years.
The Right to Assemble: Responding to Protests, Spontaneous Gatherings, and Counter-Demonstrations
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The right to assemble is protected under both the First Amendment of the United States Constitution (“Congress shall make no law…abridging…the right of the people peaceably to assemble…”) and the Washington State Constitution Article I Section 4 (“The right of…the people peaceably to assemble for the common good shall never be abridged”). In
De Jonge v. State of Oregon, 299 U.S. 353, 364 (1937), the United States Supreme Court recognized that the “right of peaceable assembly is a right cognate to those of free speech and free press and is equally fundamental,” while reversing the conviction of defendant for “criminal syndicalism” (i.e., assisting in the conduct of a meeting of the Communist Party).