Justice Stephen G. Breyer dissented, saying that the case raised a "serious question" that merited review.
So what was it about Gill's television review that merited censure?
They numbered less than 20, of an initial 76 across Europe that merited "further investigation".
Crimes that merited lingchi ranged from killing a paternal grandparent to, in at least one case, cheating on taxes.
Mr. Browne said that in past cases, Internal Affairs had "documentation that merited modified assignment" for the officers involved.
Then the hose carriage arrived, a gift from the New York Firemen's Association that merited mention in Harper's Weekly and The New York Times.
Those who evaluated the candidates that day were asked to comment and advise the board on anything that merited further examination.
But Krzykowski, who had not worked at a prison before, believed that corrections officers performed a difficult job that merited respect.
Even so, Macedonia remained the poorest of the Yugoslav republics and was included throughout the communist period in the list of regions that merited economic aid from wealthier parts of the federation.
When NIH screened 3444 intramural DNA research projects from 2009, for instance, it found just two that merited special review.
Should the industry have been considered as a particularly fragile sector that merited exemption as has been the case with other sectors in Europe?
