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appealIn law, an application for a rehearing of all or part of an issue that has already been dealt with by a lower court or tribunal. The outcome can be a new decision on all or part of the points raised, or the previous decision may be upheld. In criminal cases, an appeal may be against conviction and either the prosecution or the defence may appeal against sentence. |
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Stuart Waxman, who concluded Valenzuela never was instructed to keep his
hair at a certain length and that the suspension ruling by stewards
Ingrid Fermin, George Slender and Tom Ward was ``arbitrary, capricious
and an abuse of discretion. Thus the
apparent conclusion that all abuse of discretion cases will be decided
on the total evidence and not just the administrative record remains in
doubt. The
appeals court held that the imposition of restitution in the amount
$728,142 was not an abuse of discretion. |
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