Word: upheld
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...Kentucky Court of Appeals has just upheld that Solomonic decision, but not without severe debate. Speaking for three dissenters, Judge Samuel Steinfeld was troubled by his "indelible" recollection of Nazi Germany's "genocide and experimentation with human bodies." Steinfeld argued that the mother had not demonstrated conclusively that the operation would benefit the retarded brother. "The ability to fully understand and consent," he declared, "is a prerequisite to the donation of a part of the human body...
...cover the entire continuum including even such projects as MIRV. Yet human beings spend much of their lives making just such fine distinctions: though it may be difficult, it is not impossible to decide what a university should and should not do. The distinctions thus made can be upheld-and the essential activities of a university protected-only if they are made rationally, through a continuing debate striving for a wide agreement by all concerned groups...
...restraining order is upheld in court this morning. M.I.T. officers can ask the court in the afternoon to send police to arrest demonstrators for contempt of court. Johnson said yesterday that only he would call for police, after receiving advice from M.I.T. faculty members and students who will be on hand to watch for possible violations of the court order...
Collier's has appealed the case to the U.S. District Court of Appeals in Washington and while the court action proceeds, the FTC ruling is not in force. The penalty for disobeying the FTC order, if the order is upheld by the courts, would be a fine of up to $5,000 for each violation...
Illinois lawyers respect Hoffman for legal knowledge and craftsmanship. Last year he upheld the Government's first suit to desegregate a Northern school district. In his decision, which involved the Chicago suburb of South Holland...