The Federal District Court dismissed the lawsuit, but a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the 11th Circuit, in Atlanta, reinstated it in February 1991.

A panel of the Court of Appeals, dividing 2 to 1, reinstated the jury verdict.

But a three-judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, after considering the case for more than two years, reinstated the indictment in October 2005.

But yesterday, that same panel reversed itself and reinstated all three convictions, citing a Supreme Court decision on jury instructions that came down just one day after its ruling last June.

A California trial court threw out his wrongful-dismissal complaint, but he appealed, and a three-judge appellate panel reinstated it.

The filing yesterday was a request by the prosecutors that the same panel reinstate the guilty verdicts against the three men.

In a strongly worded decision that both sides said would influence similar zoning battles throughout the country, a three-judge panel reinstated a jury verdict against the Village of Airmont.

On April 26, a three-member panel of the Board of Education temporarily reinstated her, finding "no support" that she acted criminally and that the chancellor's removal "does not appear to have been legally permissible."

In a unanimous ruling, a four-judge appellate panel overturned that decision and reinstated the settlement.

A panel of the State Court of Appeals reinstated $79.5 million in punitive damages against Philip Morris, which a jury awarded to a smoker's widow three years ago.