A lower court came to a similar conclusion last year, and by a vote of 2 to 1 upheld the arrest.
A14 On Detaining Sexual Predators The Supreme Court, ruling 8 to 1, upheld the continued civil confinement of a rapist whose criminal sentence expired 12 years ago.
Italy's high court on Aug. 1 upheld Berlusconi's tax fraud conviction and four-year prison term stemming from his Mediaset empire's purchase of television rights to U.S. films.
With the ruling Nov. 1 upholding nearly all of Microsoft 's settlement with the Justice Department, the company seems to have won its antitrust wars.
On Tuesday, Michigan voters will cast a "yay" or "nay" for Proposal 1, upholding or rejecting one of the state's most controversial laws.
The decision, Hill v. Colorado, No. 98-1856, upheld a ruling by the Colorado Supreme Court.
In second place, with 10 upheld complaints, was Northern & Shell, publisher of the Express and Star titles plus celebrity magazines.
The decision, Christensen v. Harris County, No. 98-1167, upheld a ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, in New Orleans.
Up to 42,200 complaints were unfairly rejected between May 2011 and July 2013, the regulator said, and up to 50,900 upheld complaints may have received too little compensation.
The decision in the case, Bartnicki v. Vopper, No. 99-1687, upheld a 1999 ruling by the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, in Philadelphia.
There have already been more than 1,600 reviews, 210 upheld, where the decision of one CPS lawyer has been re-examined by a panel of others.
