Word: upheld
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...faculty's narrow denial of tenure last year to Assistant Professor of Law Clare Dalton--upheld by Bok in February--showed just how difficult it was for Vorenberg to build consensus within the faculty...
Judge Garrity, who later dismissed all other remaining charges against the University, upheld the jury's verdict earlier this month. But because separate decisions were reached by the judge and the jury, both sides of the case are appealing the results...
...rival practice, who had initiated and participated in the proceedings against him. His claim: conspiracy to eliminate a competitor. Though the law partly protects physicians who serve on peer-review panels from antitrust actions, the court ruled 8 to 0 that this protection did not apply here; it upheld a lower-court award of $2.2 million in damages to Dr. Patrick...
Walters said yesterday that the ruling would help lay the groundwork for an upcoming appeal. "The judge upheld the jury's decision that Harvard was guilty, which is the most important thing. This puts us in excellent position for appealing the case," she said...
...federal judge, and a jury found no libel, believing no reasonable person could think that the spoof was being presented as factual. But the jury agreed with Falwell's complaint about emotional distress and awarded the televangelist $200,000. Despite the novelty of the verdict, an appeals court upheld the judgment. The jury's award to Falwell set off alarm bells among journalists, political cartoonists, comedians -- anyone who might poke fun at public figures...