Sentence examples for upheld before from inspiring English sources

Two years later, after dozens of criminal investigations, he was banned from politics when a tax-fraud case, dating from the year of his resignation, became the first of his lower-court convictions to be whisked through the appeals process, and upheld, before the statute of limitations could kick in.

The agreement is therefore not contentious and I have no doubt will be upheld before a Scottish Court".

The Public Entertainments and Meetings Act renders it an offence to provide public entertainment and hold meetings without a licence, and its constitutionality has been upheld before the courts in cases concerning political activities organized by opposition parties.

If the North Carolina legislature were to appeal the ruling to 4th Circuit Court of Appeals or the Supreme Court, it's unlikely the decision would be overturned — or upheld — before the general election in November, a win for voting rights advocates throughout the country.

Kerviel, who is currently walking from Italy to Paris on a pilgrimage after meeting the pope last month, had appealed against the 2010 sentence of three years in prison, which had already been upheld once before by a lower appeals court.

Why should taxpayers' money be spent to defend a law that has no evidentiary support?David Hagan Attorney Grover Beach, California  SIR – The Supreme Court's ruling was clear: "We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials have chosen not to.

"We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials have chosen not to," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the majority opinion.

"We have never before upheld the standing of a private party to defend the constitutionality of a state statute when state officials have chosen not to," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the Supreme Court's majority opinion.

While the court has previously upheld prayers before legislative sessions, the details of the current case differ in important ways.

And when an lbw appeal against Andrew Strauss was upheld just before the final interruption of the day there was an air of triumphant celebration around the ground.

Defenders of the board's practice rely on a 1983 Supreme Court case that upheld prayers before legislative sessions — including those of Congress — because they are "deeply embedded" in American history.