21.   Sotomayor denied ever using cocaine, and despite being cleared by the Cuban federation, his two-year ban was upheld this past July.

22.   The board voted unanimously to uphold the ban.

23.   The court also ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling upholding a ban on billboard advertising of cigarettes in light of the decision on liquor prices.

24.   The court also ordered a lower court to reconsider its ruling upholding a ban on billboard advertising of cigarettes in light of the decision liquor prices.

25.   The incumbent, who is personally opposed to abortion, cited his successful effort to win a U.S. Supreme Court ruling upholding a ban on blocking abortion clinics.

26.   The groups criticized the governor when he signed an executive order that upheld a ban against discrimination in state jobs on the basis of sexual orientation.

27.   The Supreme Court, concluding that lie detectors are unreliable gauges of innocence or guilt, Tuesday upheld a ban on their use in military courts.

28.   They began before the Supreme Court upheld the ban in June, not afterward.

29.   They spoke of recent tensions and their fear of future violence, and asked Sands to uphold their ban of the controversial clothing.

30.   U.S. District Judge Frederick J. Scullin of Syracuse upheld the ban, but the higher court said the state went too far.