A U.S. district court ruled in April 1993 that the fossil was to remain property of the trust, and the U.S. Supreme Court validated the ruling of the lower court in October 1994.
The group, the Recording Artists Coalition, is trying to avert the possibility that all recording artists would have to file suit against their labels challenging copyright claims that could be validated by the ruling on the case.
While the ruling validated their marriage, it actually came in the midst of a divorce proceeding.
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Jean-Francois Mattei, head of the conservative Liberal Democratic Party and himself a doctor, said the ruling "validates the principle that the birth of a handicapped child in itself is an abnormality," and a reason for awarding damages.
The ruling "validates two city policies the plaintiffs have spent almost five years exclusively litigating — to fingerprint arrestees and not to issue summonses," Mr. Farrell said.
The ruling validates the aggressive tactics deployed by federal prosecutors in the government's sweeping investigation into insider trading on Wall Street, which has resulted in more than 70 convictions or guilty pleas since 2009.
The ruling validated an unusual legal strategy adopted by North Carolina's attorney general, Roy Cooper, who sued the T.V.A. in 2006 on grounds that pollution from its power plants in Alabama, Tennessee and Kentucky constituted a "public nuisance" to the citizens of his state.
To opponents, the ruling validated an anti-Muslim agenda that betrayed American ideals, subverted the Constitution and upended the hopes of thousands of families separated by war and deprivation.
Motorola said the ruling validated its "efforts to enforce its patents against Apple's infringement".
In a statement, Samsung Electronics, based in Suwon, South Korea, said the ruling had validated its claims that it had not copied Apple.
