2015 Event The U.S. Supreme Court upholds key provisions of Obamacare, including premium subsidies for about 6.4 million people enrolled in the federal health insurance exchange 2012 Event Australia's High Court upholds legislation providing for cigarettes to have plain packaging 1997 Event Oklahoma Court of Appeals upholds death sentence of Timothy McVeigh 1997 Event Supreme Court upholds doctor-assisted suicide ban 1994 Event Court upholds NBA salary cap and draft rights 1989 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds 1 person 1 vote rule of New York City Board of Estimate 1988 Event Supreme Court upholds a law that made it illegal for private clubs to discriminate against women and minorities 1987 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds affirmative action, 5-4 1986 Event Supreme Court upholds affirmative action in 2 rulings 1981 Event Supreme Court upholds male-only draft registration, constitutional 1978 Event U.S. Court of Appeals upholds Commissioner Kuhn's voiding of attempted player sales by A's owner Charlie Finley in June 1976 1976 Event Judge Oliver upholds Seitz's decision on Andy Messersmith free agency 1971 Event U.S. Supreme Court upholds use of busing to achieve racial desegregation 1942 Event Federal judge upholds detention of Japanese-Americans
