Word: overturning
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...before a student-faculty review committee. An assistant dean testified that he had rejected the club because of objections by campus doctors. Boyle's cross-examination showed that the dean had not sought medical opinion until five months after his decision. Result: the committee voted 7-2 to overturn his ruling...
Five young people who refused to answer broad-ranging questions about their activities in the anti-war movement are returning to jail-possibly for the rest of the year-following a Federal court's refusal to overturn contempt of court charges against them...
Last night the City Council unanimously passed two orders which attempt to overturn Cronin's temporary exemptions...
Last week the Governor also sent to the legislature an emergency bill to repeal the compulsory-renewal provision. If it passes and insurers can overturn the 15% across-the-board rate cut in the courts, the no-fault plan has a chance to work. The legislature's insurance committee did agree last week to let insurers refuse to renew policies for some bad drivers, but insurers regard the change as inadequate. If the deadlock persists, Armstrong fears, there will be "a domino effect." Some auto insurers will pull out of the state; other companies, unhappy at the prospect...
...more rational use of land to control the country's chaotic patterns of growth. The measure not only would empower the Attorney General to file enforcement suits against local governments but also would allow potential recipients of housing aid to sue in either federal or state courts to overturn local rules. Some opponents of the idea contend that Washington lacks authority to override local land controls. Though chances for adoption in this election year seem slim, the proposal will at least focus attention on the conflict between the freedom of localities to organize as they...