1.   Although gender identity has little to do with job performance, federal courts have upheld the right of employers to discharge transsexual employees.

2.   And he added that the courts have upheld the right of local governments to require property owners to maintain public sidewalks adjoining their property.

3.   Blumenthal said in an interview that the courts had repeatedly upheld the right of cities and states to band together to make public policy.

4.   A state Department of Public Health hearing officer has upheld the right of midwives who are not nurses to practice in the state.

5.   Acting in its free-speech tradition, the Supreme Court has upheld the right of a lone pamphleteer to distribute anonymous political campaign literature.

6.   But a federal appeals court last week upheld the right of pharmacies to charge higher prices for drugs sold to people who are uninsured.

7.   But I certainly would uphold their right to live a good life, as everyone else.

8.   But Lewis pointedly noted that he had little evidence to justify extending the deadline and he upheld the right of Harris to certify the vote.

9.   But the justices leave open the possibility that less extreme laws upholding the rights of grandparents might withstand their scrutiny.

10.   But the justices left open the possibility that less extreme laws upholding the rights of grandparents might withstand their scrutiny.