The court sided with state laws over the city ordinance, ruling for the landlord.
The Supreme Court unanimously rejected its conclusion, ruling for the woman who had been harassed.
Earlier this month, the department, in ruling for the steelworkers, found illegal subsidies on Chinese-made steel pipe.
There were 34 rulings during the first two years, with district judges granting habeas corpus in 19 while ruling for the government in 15.
In ruling for the client, Calvin J. Burdine, last August, the Fifth Circuit suggested as much: "Unconscious counsel equates to no counsel at all," the majority said.
This created a complication for the court, which had granted the appeal, Alabama v. Shelton, No. 00-1214, evinenthe in thexpectationof of ruling for the state.
Several have expressed skepticism about many of the government cases, ruling for the government so far in 5 cases and for detainees in 26.
But because the court was ruling for the first time on the meaning of the word "revenue," it said, its decision would apply only to future budgets.
In addition to ruling for the judges, the appeals panel also ordered the governing body to pay 4,000 Swiss francs (about $4,300) to some of the 16 accused judges "for their costs and expenses".
The judge, Justice Michael D. Stallman, handed down his decision late Tuesday afternoon, ruling for the city and saying the protesters could go into Zuccotti Park but could not take their tents and sleeping bags.
The message describes the ruling for the alleged crime as "apostasy" and states the teenager has been "killed and crucified for a period of three days" as the punishment.
