They said, in an opinion written by Justice Breyer, that the law should be interpreted to apply only to a narrow category of obscene material and should be upheld on that basis.
But given that it hasn't done so, it seems to me that it's — not only is it fair to read this as an exercise of the tax power, but this Court has got an obligation to construe it as an exercise of the tax power, if it can be upheld on that basis".
For the trustee, the settlement appeared to be a business calculation: even if he could win a judgment that Mr. Wilpon and Mr. Katz were willfully blind to Mr. Madoff's fraud — and have the verdict upheld on appeals that might take two or three years — he might not have received the $303 million he was seeking.
He applied to the Royal College of Surgeons to get his American certification recognised in Britain, but it ruled that he would have to train for a further 18 months in a British hospital – a decision Kaul challenged but one that was upheld on appeal.
Silvio Berlusconi, a controversial former Italian prime minister, may face a ban from politics if a tax-fraud conviction is upheld on July 30th, an event that could spark turmoil.The underlying problem for investors is that immense efforts by central banks have stabilised the financial situation, heading off the risk of a euro-zone break-up and preventing a 1930s-style slump in GDP.
In a victory for air travelers, a federal judge in Albany upheld on Thursday a state law that would penalize airlines that fail to provide adequate services to passengers trapped on the tarmac for more than three hours.
The Sottera Inc case ruling that was upheld on appeal in the US court found that e-cigarettes could be regulated as tobacco products unless they are marketed with health and therapeutic claims.
Three months later, when the House of Representatives convened hearings into the election, whose result Harrison contested, Davis's victory was upheld on the ground that any "man of ordinary courage" could have made his way to the polls.
That ruling, upheld on Tuesday, said the monastery was located far enough away to respect the wishes of relatives of victims.
The duties that were upheld on Friday had been imposed on a variety of specialized goods: circular welded pipe, certain pneumatic off-road tires, light-walled rectangular pipe and tube and laminated woven sacks.
The other day, a federal judge in Washington, DC handed down a decision that, if upheld on appeal, will wipe out citizens' recourse against government officials who unjustifiably intrude on their privacy.
