Judge Rosemary Barkett, dissenting from the appeals court's decision, complained of the 1996 law's "thicket of procedural brambles".
Any time a managed care official "inappropriately makes a decision, then all of a sudden it's not a medical decision, it's a coverage decision," complained Connie Barron, associate director of legislative affairs for the Texas Medical Association, in Austin, Tex.
But Justice Kennedy went beyond that earlier decision and complained that the restriction distorted the whole legal system "by altering the traditional role of the attorneys" and by trying to "insulate the government's laws from judicial inquiry".
Even Italy's culture minister, Dario Franceschini, acknowledged at the time that he understood the reasons behind Muti's decision, and complained that necessary changes to the culture of Italian opera were being "obstructed".
In 1982, hours after the court decided the Texas case, a young assistant to Attorney General William French Smith analyzed the decision and complained in a memo: "This is a case in which our supposed litigation program to encourage judicial restraint did not get off the ground, and should have".
The current NSABB decision, he complained, "just kicked the can down the road to the next manuscript".
She claims that the oft-prickly host was raising concerns about cheap sets, ignored emails, demanded more control over personnel decisions, and complained about his car service.
Len Duvall, who leads the Labour group on the London Assembly, has tweeted his exasperation, calling it a "poor decision" and complaining that the new schedule reduces the amount of time the mayoral candidate will have for "engaging with the communities of London".
He did say, however, that in light of Wilson's decision to complain about him, he would have to consider retracting the Birmingham job offer he'd allegedly given Wilson.
Although this is arguably unfair, it is their decision, and complaining about the fairness of a ban probably won't go over well anyway.
In the wake of the controversial decision, Mr Brown complained that the Scottish government was given no warning of a decision which affects the country.
