* 1993 – The Supreme Court in La Paz, Bolivia, sentences former dictator Luis Garcia Meza to 30 years in jail without parole for murder, theft, fraud and violating the constitution.

In Gonzales v. O Centro Espirita Beneficente Uniao do Vegetal, the Supreme Court heard arguments on November 1, 2005 and unanimously ruled in February 2006 that the U. S. federal government must allow the UDV to import and consume the tea for religious ceremonies under the 1993 Religious Freedom Restoration Act.

On May 25, 1993, Serrano illegally dissolved Congress and the Supreme Court and tried to restrict civil freedoms, allegedly to fight corruption.

The 1993 constitutional reforms included an increase in the number of Supreme Court justices from 9 to 13.

* 1993 – The Supreme Court of Israel acquits alleged Nazi death camp guard John Demjanjuk of all charges and he is set free.

Among other factors, the escalating clash of egos between Khasbulatov and Yeltsin led to the Russian constitutional crisis of 1993, in which Khasbulatov ( along with former Vice-President Aleksandr Rutskoy ) led the Russian Supreme Soviet in its power struggle with the president, which ended with Yeltsin's violent assault on and subsequent dissolution of the parliament in October 1993.

In its 1993 ruling in U. S. National Bank of Oregon v. Independent Insurance Agents of America, the Supreme Court ruled that § 92 was still valid law.

* Severe political deadlock between Russian President Boris Yeltsin and the Supreme Soviet ( Russia's parliament at this time ) result in Yeltsin ordering the controversial shelling of the Russian parliament building by tanks in 1993.

The Religious Freedom Restoration Act ( RFRA ) in 1993 allowed the use of peyote in religious ceremony but in 1997, the Supreme Court ruled that the RFRA was unconstitutional when applied against states.

As explained by the U. S. Supreme Court in Spectrum Sports, Inc. v. McQuillan 506 U. S. 447 ( 1993 ),

Appointed to the court by President John F. Kennedy in 1962, he retired in 1993, being the twelfth longest-serving justice in Supreme Court history.

Yeltsin ’ s early purges of the MVD paid dividends in October 1993 when in spite of many " defections " to the opposition, the two most important people in the ministry, Minister of Internal Affairs Viktor Yerin and the Commander of Internal Troops Anatoliy Kulikov, stood by him to the victorious end of his stand-off with the Supreme Soviet.

Thurgood Marshall ( July 2, 1908January 24, 1993 ) was an Associate Justice of the United States Supreme Court, serving from October 1967 until October 1991.

In 1993 the Supreme Court of Israel, in a case involving a couple affiliated with Jews for Jesus, ruled that Jews who adhere to the Christian beliefs are regarded by Israeli law as " members of a different faith ," and are not eligible for the automatic citizenship that Israel grants Jews.

The Supreme Soviet lifted the ban on the CPB in February 1993.

In the 1993 case Baehr v. Miike, the Supreme Court of Hawaii ruled that the state must show a compelling interest in prohibiting same-sex marriage.

Also in 1993, but not due to the UN ruling, Quebec reviewed the law and modified its language regulations to require that French be markedly predominant on exterior business signs, as suggested by the Supreme Court of Canada ruling in the case of Ford v. Quebec.

The ensuing court case Wisconsin v. Mitchell ( 1993 ) was not only one of the few high-profile cases about a hate crime perpetrated by African Americans against whites but also led to a landmark decision of the United States Supreme Court ruling that a state may consider whether a crime was committed or initially considered due to an intended victim's status in a protected class.

* General George Joulwan, born in Pottsville in 1939, a West Point graduate, was a 4-star General in the US Army and served as Supreme Allied Commander, Europe from 1993 to 1997.

The U. S. Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the decision of the lower federal courts in October 1993, meaning that victims of the Bhopal disaster could not seek damages in a US court.

* Liu Fuzhi 劉復之 / 刘复之 ( 1917 -; Meixian, Guangdong ), Procurator-General, Supreme People's Procuratorate, 1988 – 1993

In 1993, the Supreme Court of the Philippines held that exemption may be accorded to Jehovah's Witnesses with regard to the observance of the flag ceremony out of respect for their religious beliefs.

Prior to the adoption of the 1993 Constitution of Russia, the administrative-territorial structure of Russia was regulated by the Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR of August 17, 1982 " On the Procedures of Dealing with the Matters of the Administrative-Territorial Structure of the RSFSR ".

In Grady v. Corbin ( 1990 ), the Court held that a double jeopardy violation could lie even where the Blockburger test was not satisfied, but Grady was overruled in United States v. Dixon ( 1993 ).

The Court was established by Resolution 827 of the United Nations Security Council, which was passed on 25 May 1993.

* John Robert Brown ( judge ) ( 1909 – 1993 ), member of the U. S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit, noted for his key decisions in favor of civil rights

There is also a Special Court, established in 1993 to hear cases brought by or against Ruler.

* Graham, Angus C., Disputers of the TAO: Philosophical Argument in Ancient China ( Open Court 1993 ).

Finally, in 1993, Nauru was forced to turn to the International Court of Justice at The Hague in The Netherlands.

Railtrack plc was placed into railway administration under the Railways Act 1993 on 7 October 2001, following an application to the High Court by the then Transport Secretary, Stephen Byers.

In Malaysia, an amendment to the constitution in 1993 made it possible to bring proceedings against the king or any ruler of a component state in the Special Court.

The establishment of the Iran-US Claims Tribunal ( 1981 ), the International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia ( 1993 ) and the International Criminal Court ( 2002 ) in the city further consolidated the role of The Hague as a center for international legal arbitration.

In Shaw v. Reno ( 1993 ), the Court prohibited a North Carolina plan aimed at creating majority-black districts to balance historic underrepresentation in the state's congressional delegations.

" ( RTC v. Robin Scott, U. S. District Court, Central District of California, No. 85-711-JMI ( Bx ) 85-7197-JMI ( Bx ), January 20, 1993, Memorandum of Decision ).

This is followed by the Hampton Court Palace Flower Show ( which the RHS took over in 1993 ) and RHS Tatton Park Flower Show in Cheshire ( Since 1999 ).

In interviews for the 1993 film The Wonderful, Horrible Life of Leni Riefenstahl, Riefenstahl adamantly denied any deliberate attempt to create pro-Nazi propaganda and said she was disgusted that Triumph of the Will was used in such a way.

" In 1993, Mobutu was denied a visa by the US State Department after he sought to visit Washington, DC

166, 834 P. 2d 656 ( 1992 ) ( holding that the state constitution does not prohibit the use of suppressed evidence for impeachment because its introduction discourages a defendant from perjuring himself directly, thus furthering the goal of preserving the dignity of the judicial process ), review denied, 121 Wash. 2d 1005, 848 P. 2d 1263 ( 1993 ).

" He was suspected of having received important sums of money in 1993 and 1994 for his role as an intermediary in this contract, and has recognized having received US $ 1, 8 million ( 13 million Francs ) from the Brenco on a Swiss bank account — although he denied any participation to an arms deal.

Although he was never charged in either of the crimes-and though the note he left with the bodies of his children and his second wife denied any involvement in the 1993 murders-he is still considered a suspect in those murders by authorities.

BSB's costs had started to rocket and cost had reached £ 354million, Chief Executive Anthony Goodings denied that BSB had gone over budget and would require more than the planned £ 625m it required to operate up to 1993.

Traficant championed the unpopular cause of John Demjanjuk, a Ukrainian-born autoworker from Seven Hills, who had been convicted in Israel and sentenced to hang for having been the brutal concentration camp guard Ivan the Terrible For almost a decade, Traficant ( along with Pat Buchanan ) insisted that Demjanjuk had been denied a fair trial, and been the victim of mistaken identity ; in 1993 the Supreme Court of Israel overturned the conviction, on the basis of doubt.

The authorisation was denied on 29 April 1993 after Craxi gave an emotional speech.

Tory was criticized for approving a 1993 election ad that mocked Liberal Party leader Jean Chrétien's facial deformity ( although the Conservatives denied that was the ad's intention ).

However, his second memoir, The Game Show King: A Confession ( 1993 ), makes no mention of the CIA — or, for that matter, his previous book ; and a CIA spokesman has categorically denied that Barris ever worked for them in any capacity.

As the debate continued, Williams was denied bail and sentenced to a maximum of ten years in prison on December 7, 1993 by Judge Ouderkirk.

Allyson denied owing any money and in August 1993, she and husband David Ashrow filed a lawsuit against Ingels for slander and emotional distress.

Critics cite a 1993 deposition, where LeBow was reported to have denied knowing whether smoking caused cancer.

One week later, on 15 July 1993, the Ulster Volunteer Force confirmed responsibility for the bombings, but also denied that it was aided by British security forces.

He originally sought the Liberal nomination in Renfrew — Nipissing — Pembroke before the 1993 federal election, but his candidacy was denied by then-party leader Jean Chrétien in favour of sitting MP Len Hopkins.

The charges, which were denied by Cheung, included the abduction in 1993 for a four million yuan ransom of a Fujian merchant who had only come forward after Cheung's arrest.

In April 1993 the Parliament denied four times the authorization for magistrates to continue investigation for Craxi.