Sentence examples for in a split verdict from inspiring English sources

That order which followed a jury trial which had a patent phase – which Google also won – and a copyright phase, which ended in a split verdict.

Last week, a British parliamentary committee added a long and lively report about Murdoch's earlier obfuscation before it and concluded, in a split verdict, that Murdoch was not a "fit and proper" person to have a broadcast license.

In a split verdict after a 15-week trial, Jayson Williams was acquitted Friday of aggravated manslaughter and two other serious charges in the fatal shooting of a chauffeur at his sprawling estate in Hunterdon County, and a mistrial was declared on a fourth -- reckless manslaughter.

A federal jury in Tennessee delivered a split verdict on Friday against nine people, mostly Somali men, who were accused of operating a sex trafficking ring in three states.

At a hearing yesterday, Judge Linda G. Baxter of State Superior Court said she chose the new venue because it had similar demographics to Camden County, where the first trial attracted considerable media coverage and ended in November 2001 with a split verdict.

Because the N.F.I.B. wanted to distribute its views the moment the Supreme Court spoke, Mr. Summers also prepared reactions to be published in the event of a split verdict or a decision to strike down the whole law.

Merck has won two earlier trials, with a split verdict in a third.

Barry Bearak (NYT) BANGLADESH: HIGH COURT'S SPLIT DECISION -- A two-judge panel in the high court delivered a split verdict on an appeal by 15 army officers sentenced to death for the 1975 assassination of Sheik Mujibur Rahman, who led the nation's independence struggle.

But with a split verdict on Super Tuesday and no quick finish in sight, he is struggling to match the enthusiasm and money his rivals have harnessed from grass-roots donors.

In a battle of top-15 welterweights, Korea's Dong Hyun Kim took a split verdict over Belgium-born Tarec Saffiedine.

A split verdict automatically brings a life sentence.