The serial killer's latest attempt to have his "whole life" tariff overturned was rejected by court of appeal judges.
So it was that the Chilean wine industry only began to thrive when General Pinochet overturned rules designed to curb alcoholism by restricting the size of vineyards.
Legia's attempt to have the decision overturned was rejected, giving Celtic their reprieve, and prompting Legia's owner Dariusz Mioduski to write on Twitter: "Unfortunately for now football is not winning … We are going to CAS".
And the significance was not in the two sentences overturned, but the one upheld.
If it had changed its forecasts and overturned 20 years of consensus, that would be a very big deal indeed.
Kammer is armed in these last attempts to save his client with new testimony from three doctors who last week overturned their previous evaluation of Hill.
The senators had also been made aware of the plight of the producer and, under pressure from the committee and the union, the ABC overturned the decision at the 11th hour.
Great sporting moments - It's hard to imagine the average FA boss storming onto the pitch during a World Cup game to get a goal overturned but that is what Kuwait FA president Prince Fahid did in 1982 against France, claiming that his players had heard a whistle and stopped playing.
Dunfermline's chairman, John Yorkston, said his club is considering a legal challenge, but the SPL did not believe its decision could be overturned.
Most of the activists I know engage in the odd nonviolent demonstration, like the protesters at Fortnum & Mason, some of whose guilty verdicts were overturned yesterday, or the people halfway up West Burton power station.
There has been no shortage of surprises, from continually having my first impressions overturned, to finding myself in a succession of unexpected situations, from a tribal wedding on the islands of San Blas to a Chavista meeting in Caracas.
