2014 Event The World Trade Organization upheld its November decision to continue banning European imports of seal products on the grounds of concern for the suffering of the hunted animals; the WTO is also reexamining its exception for indigenous hunters 2013 Event A ban on fracking is upheld by the Constitutional Council of France 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 A law banning Palestinians who marry Israeli's from gaining citizenship is upheld by Israel's Supreme Court 1986 Event Georgia sodomy law upheld by Supreme Court (5-4) 1971 Event Supreme Court upheld busing as means of achieving racial desegregation 1971 Event Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by 1967 Event Tennessee Governor Ellington repeals "Monkey Law," upheld in 1925 Scopes Trial 1955 Event President Eisenhower upheld the use of atomic weapons in case of war 1941 Event Supreme Court upheld Federal Wage and Hour law, sets minimum wages and max hours 1934 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upheld lower court ruling striking down government's attempt to ban controversial James Joyce novel "Ulysses" 1922 Event Supreme Court unanimously upheld 19th amend woman's right to vote 1917 Event U.S. Supreme Court upheld 8-hour work day for railroad employees
