2014 Event Obamacare renders confusion as two appeals courts issue conflicting rulings regarding the legality of subsidies offered through federal versus state-run insurance exchanges; the ruling will likely to to the U.S. Supreme Court 2013 Event In the state of California, the 2008 Proposition 8 ballot measure is upheld in an appeals case, allowing same-sex marriage to continue 2012 Event California's Proposition 8 banning gay marriage in that state was overturned by the U.S. States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit 2011 Event President Obama's health insurance mandate from his Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is struck down by the U.S. court of Appeals for the Eleventh Circuit 2011 Event Former Enron CEO Jeff Skilling loses his appeal against his conviction for fraud in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit 2010 Event Japan's Mayor Tomihisa Taue appeals to eliminate nuclear weapons at the 65th anniversary commemoration of the 1945 bombing of Nagasaki 1997 Event Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh 1996 Death Alexander Harman, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979, dies 1993 Event U.S. Court of Appeals rules congress must save all E-Mail 1990 Event New York court of appeals ends 2 year legal battle over 1988 America's Cup by refusing jurisdiction of case 1989 Event Appeals court restores America's Cup to U.S. after New York Supreme Court gave it to New Zealand (New Zealand protested US's use of a catamaran) 1989 Event New York City court of appeals overturns lower court decision and returns America's Cup back to U.S. (from New Zealand) 1989 Event New York Supreme Court takes America's Cup away from San Diego Yacht Club for using a catamaran against New Zealand. Appeals court eventually overrules 1988 Event U.S. 2nd Circuit Court of Appeals affirms Yonkers is guilty of racism 1988 Event 3-judge panel of 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in San Francisco strikes down Army's ban on homosexuals (later overturned by appeal) 1984 Event Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit 1980 Event U.S. appeals to International Court on hostages in Iran 1978 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1977 Event Supreme Court refuses to hear appeals of Watergate wrong doers H R Halderman, John Ehrlichman and John Mitchell 1972 Event New York City Mayor John Lindsey appeals that John Lennon not be deported 1971 Event WCJB TV channel 20 in Gainesville, Florida (ABC/NBC) begins broadcasting 3-judge U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals 1962 Event U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals orders Meredith admitted to University of Miss 1961 Death Learned Hand, Chief judge of U.S. court of Appeals, dies at 89 1960 Event U.S. appeals court rules novel, "Lady Chatterly's Lover," not obscene 1959 Event Postmaster General bans D H Lawrence's book, Lady Chatterley's Lover (overruled by U.S. Court of Appeals in Mar 1960) 1956 Event Hungary appeals for United Nations assistance against Soviet invasion 1953 Event U.S. Court of Appeals rules that Organized Baseball is a sport and not a business, affirming the 25-year-old Supreme Court ruling 1935 Event Maryland Court of Appeals orders University of M to admit (black) Donald Murray 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1930 Birthday Ivor Richardson, Judge, New Zealand Court of Appeals 1929 Event Congress creates Court of Customs and Patent Appeals 1921 Birthday Alexander Harman, born in Athens, West Virginia, judge, United States Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia 1969 - 1979 1920 Birthday Basil Kelly, Lord Justice of Appeals, Northern Ireland 1912 Birthday Edward Jones, North Ireland lord justice of appeals 1911 Birthday Lord Brightman, British judge of appeals 1906 Birthday Edgar Unsworth, Justice of Appeals, Gibralter 1872 Birthday Learned Hand, born in Albany, New York, Chief judge, U.S. Court of Appeals 1780 Event Continental Congress establishes court of appeals
