This is an issue of some subtlety, and so it was held over until today, when Mr. Goldfeder and Mr. Bowles will return for a ruling.
A newly appointed Supreme Court Chief Justice Earl Warren returned a unanimous ruling but it took the raw bravery of nine African American students at Central High in Little Rock -- who were protected by soldiers of the 101st Airborne -- to start the change we all take for granted today.
The painting, on loan to the Hudson River Museum in Yonkers since 1971, will be returned under a ruling by Justice John P. DiBlasi of State Supreme Court in White Plains.
But Ellie was ultimately returned following a ruling in November 2012, when Mrs Justice Hogg declared Butler "exonerated" and said it was "a joy" to see such a "happy ending".
The word in Washington now is "restoration," as in the return of a ruling family ousted by an angry electorate (in the case of George I in 1992, whose son, George W. Bush, now returns after eight years in the provinces) or a civil war followed by a beheading (in the case of Charles I in 1649, whose son, Charles II, returned to the throne 11 years later).
When the Marvel deal was struck, Mr. Toberoff — who helped win a court ruling last year returning a share of Superman profits to heirs of one of that character's creators — sprang into action.
The notices expressed an intent to regain copyrights to some of Mr. Kirby's creations as early as 2014, according to a statement disclosed on Sunday by Toberoff & Associates, a law firm in Los Angeles that helped win a court ruling last year returning a share of the copyright in Superman to heirs of one of the character's creators, Jerome Siegel.
The original inquest in 1991 returned a verdict of accidental death, ruling that all the victims were dead by 15:15.
In court on Thursday, after Mr. Diab fainted and Mr. Halahleh testified, the judges took a break to review their secret files, then returned without issuing a ruling, promising one soon, according to people who were in the courtroom.
