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Before the settlement talks began, the land claim had been bumping its way through the federal courts since 1970, based on the argument -- upheld by the Supreme Court in 1985 -- that state and local governments had illegally acquired Indian lands 200 years ago.

His argument was upheld by the constitutional court in January, prompting widespread protests in which six people died.

In Bowers v. Hardwick, the United States Supreme Court rejected this argument, upholding the criminalization of homosexual sodomy.

6 By contrast, the forbidden points argument is not widely upheld by practitioners of Western medical acupuncture (WMA), 7 given that the concerns are historical rather than evidence-based.

Kendra Hamilton, a black writer from Charleston, tied together the recurring themes, challenging the familiar argument that what is being upheld by the flag and similar symbols is heritage rather than hate.

The argument was successful, and after several appeals was upheld by the New York Court of Appeals in 1860.

The contention of Lee & Yang was upheld by the experiments.

Those arguments fell on deaf ears Tuesday, when the law was upheld by the court of appeals for the fifth circuit.

Requiring specific performance as a remedy for breach of personal services contracts has been viewed as a form of involuntary servitude by some scholars and courts, though other jurisdictions and scholars have rejected this argument; it is a popular rule in academia and many local jurisdictions, but has never been upheld by higher courts.

That Prunty writes formal verse, upheld by meter and rhyme but in no way constrained by them, only furthers his argument.

The ruling was upheld by the Supreme Court.