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Berry's decision to fire Hicks was upheld on a third'-step grievance by Carolyn R. Young '76, associate director for labor relations in Harvard's Office of Human Resources. The standard next step in appealing the termination would have been for the labor union to take the case to an independent arbitrator...
...year-old mother using a false name abandoned her child in a New Haven hospital just hours after giving birth. More than five months later, she resurfaced and sued to regain custody of the child, who had since been adopted. Last December the state supreme court upheld a lower-court ruling granting her custody even though she was living in a shelter for the homeless at the time...
...destroyed, asserting his own "reproductive rights." His ex-wife claimed a right to her "offspring." In refusing Mary Sue Davis' appeal to implant the embryos in her womb, the court decided that Junior Davis' right not to become a parent outweighed his ex-wife's claim. The Justices upheld a lower court's ruling that in such cases "procreational autonomy" gives men as well as women an overriding right not to become parents. What effect this will have on the national abortion debate is unclear, but for the Davises it means they can now get on with their lives...
...board upheld Rashad's verbal challenge to Yusam as "constitutionally protected speech," Kelly wrote. Yusam's refusal to testify despite repeated requests by the board elicited an "adverse" reaction from members, Kelly wrote...
...present system, which was upheld by the council last night, gives the head of the House delegation the choice of nominating a replacement for holding a special election to fill a vacant seat. If a replacement is nominated, other house delegates and the House's committee then vote to approve the nomination. In all, when there is no special election, the number of people involved in choosing replacements under this system is usually no more than...