In February 2011, the Bombay High Court reaffirmed astrology's standing in India when it dismissed a case which had challenged its status as a science.

In the 2011 court case AT & T Mobility v. Concepcion, the U. S. Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the Federal Arbitration Act of 1925 preempts state laws that prohibit contracts from disallowing class action lawsuits, which will make it more difficult for consumers to file class action lawsuits.

Further, the Supreme Court has declared itself as having the power to rule a treaty as void by declaring it " unconstitutional ", although as of 2011, it has never exercised this power.

On January 28, 2011, the Court denied the Justice Department's request.

In 2011, while waiting for certification, several service members were discharged under DADT at their own insistence, until July 6 when a three-judge panel of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals re-instated Judge Phillips ' injunction barring further enforcement of the U. S. military's ban on openly gay service members.

In South Korea, Park Jung-soo was fined 2 million South Korean won by the Seoul Central District Court for spray-painting a rat on posters of the G-20 Summit a few days before the event in November 2011.

On January 19, 2011, the Supreme Court overturned the Ninth Circuit decision, ruling that the background checks did not violate any constitutional privacy right that the employees may have had.

On May 31, 2011, the Supreme Court threw out the lawsuit against Ashcroft regarding Abdullah al-Kidd.

In 2011 the Madras High Court Bench ordered the rooster fight at Santhapadi and Modakoor Melbegam villages permitted during the Pongal religious festival.

Again in 2011 a public interest litigation petition caused the Madras High Court Bench to grant permission to villagers of Kodaioor village to conduct a rooster fight during Deepavali coinciding with a local temple festival from the claims that the " villagers ' religious sentiments would be hurt if the cockfight was not allowed ".

The Court ruled 5-4 to let the tax credit program stand In April 2011, a Fairleigh Dickinson University PublicMind poll found that a majority of American voters ( 60 %) felt that the tax credits support school choice for parents whereas 26 % felt as it the tax credits support religion.

On October 28, 2011, the Supreme Court of the Netherlands decided that the legally forced end of squatting can only occur after an intervention of a judge.

2419 ( 2011 ), the Supreme Court ruled that the exclusionary rule does not apply to a Fourth Amendment violation resulting from a reasonable reliance on binding appellate precedent.

On January 3, 2011, in The People v. Gregory Diaz, the Supreme Court of California ruled for allowing warrantless search by the police of suspects ' cell phones at the time of the arrest, on the grounds of preventing destruction of evidence such as text messages:

In Melendez-Diaz v. Massachusetts, 557 U. S. ___ ( 2009 ), and Bullcoming v. New Mexico, 564 U. S. ___ ( 2011 ), the Court ruled that admitting a lab chemist's analysis in to evidence, without having him testify, violated the Confrontation Clause.

In Michigan v. Bryant, 562 U. S. ___ ( 2011 ), the Court ruled that the " primary purpose " of a shooting victim's statement as to who shot him, and the police's reason for questioning him, each had to be objectively determined.

The newest student residences, named Northfield, have been constructed at the top end of campus, beyond Lewes Court, opening in September 2011.

The U. S. Supreme Court's decision in Davis v. Federal Election Commission, however, cast considerable doubt on the constitutionality of these provisions, and in 2011 the Supreme Court held that key provisions of the Arizona law – most notably its matching fund provisions – were unconstitutionalal in Arizona Free Enterprise Club's Free Enterprise Club PAC v. Bennett.

In April 2011, Queen Elizabeth II visited St John's College in order to inaugurate a new pathway in First Court, which passes close to the ruins of the Old Chapel.

In 2011, in Bond v. United States, the U. S. Supreme Court held a criminal defendant has standing to challenge the federal statute that he or she is charged with violating as being unconstitutional under the Tenth Amendment.

* File sharing websites were blocked in India on July 21, 2011 on some ISPs including Bharti Airtel, BSNL, Reliance Communications because Reliance BIG Pictures got a “ John Doe ” order from Delhi High Court allowing them to service cease and desist notices on movie pirates pirating the film Singham.

* On August 29, 2011 Reliance Entertainment procured a ' John Doe ' order from the Delhi High Court to prevent the illegal broadcast or streaming of its upcoming film Bodyguard.

On February 25, 2011, public defender James Klein filed an appeal of Guandique's conviction with the District of Columbia Court of Appeals.

Mehadrin bus lines, which used to serve Haredi population centres, were found to be unlawful by a January 2011 ruling of the Israeli High Court of Justice.

Subway threatened to sue ; consequently, in February 2011, Casey's General Stores Inc. filed a petition in a U. S. District Court in Des Moines, seeking a legal declaration that the word " footlong " does not violate Subway's rights.

The VA received Congressional $ 17. 33 million in budget authority for the project in 2011.

The movie was first aired on April 17, 2011.

In October 2011, unemployment rate was 17. 4 %.

Furthermore, Cyprus was dealt a severe blow by the Evangelos Florakis Naval Base explosion in July 2011, with the cost to the economy estimated at € 1 – 3 billion, or up to 17 % of GDP.

On November 17, 2011, Dale Sveum agreed to a three year contract with an option for a fourth to become new manager of the Cubs.

On 17 January 2011, police in Nemi, Italy, announced that they believed they had discovered the site of Caligula's burial, after arresting a thief caught smuggling a statue which they believed to be of the emperor.

Undergraduate tuition and other student fees in 1957 comprised 17 percent of the colleges ' $ 46. 8 million in revenues, about $ 7. 74 million — a figure equivalent to $ 62. 4 million in 2011 buying power.

HP was still selling more PCs than any other vendor, shipping 14. 9 million PCs in the second quarter of 2011 ( 17. 5 % of the market according to Gartner ), while Dell and Lenovo were tied for second place, each with more than a 12 % share of the market and shipments of over 10 million units.

In February 2011, she announced that she would embark on the Better Day World Tour on July 17, 2011, with shows in northern Europe and the U. S. The album's lead-off single, " Together You and I ," was released on May 23, 2011, and Better Day was released on June 28, 2011.

In 2001 it was estimated at 40 % of the population, while by 2011 the figure dropped to 17. 4 % of the total population.

The first round of new elections is scheduled to start on November 28, 2011, the second round would be held on December 14, the third on January 3 and the new assembly would convene on March 17.

* Catherine Cathiard, " Plea for an underestimated corporate form: the Societas Europaea ( SE )", OPTION FINANCE, 17 janvier 2011 ( available in French ).

As of build 1397, released on 17 August 2011, there have been large scale experiment with new load management ( NLM ) to increase throughput and reduce the impact of hostile nodes on the network.

On December 17, 2011, Freenet 0. 5 build 5110 was released, showing Freenet 0. 5 continues to have a steady user base and new development.

On September 22, 2011, a paper from the OPERA Collaboration indicated detection of 17 and 28 GeV muon neutrinos, sent 730 kilometers ( 454 miles ) from CERN near Geneva, Switzerland to the Gran Sasso National Laboratory in Italy, traveling faster than light by a factor of 2. 48 × 10 < sup >− 5 </ sup > ( approximately 1 in 40, 000 ), a statistic with 6. 0-sigma significance.

This ban was fought by the various governing bodies of shooting sports in Ireland, with the end result as of 2011 that air and smallbore pistols may still be licenced in Ireland, but all centerfire pistols not licenced prior to 17 November 2008 cannot be licenced.

Geelong holds a number of league records including the longest winning streak in AFL / VFL history ( 23 games ); the most goals kicked in a single game ( on two occasions-37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 and 37. 11 ( 233 ) against Melbourne in 2011 ); the highest score recorded in a single game ( 37. 17 ( 239 ) against Brisbane in 1992 ; the highest-ever aggregate season total for points scored ( 3, 334 points in 1992 ); the record for restricting an opponent to the lowest ever score in a game ( St Kilda 0. 1 ( 1 ) in 1899 ); the most consecutive 100-point victories ( 3 games in a row, in 1989 ); the longest winning streak in interstate games ( 12 games ) and achieved the longest home ground winning streak in VFL / AFL history — 29 games straight at Simonds Stadium ( also known as Kardinia Park ).

On February 17, 2011, IKEA announced its plans for a wind farm in Dalarna County, Sweden, furthering the furniture giant's goal of running on 100 percent renewable energy.

On September 17, 2011, the Cincinnati Reds unveiled a statue of Bench at the entrance way of the Reds Hall of Fame at Great American Ball Park.

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