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The first lawsuit yielded a split decision this year, with the government winning some legal points and the company largely prevailing on tax calculations.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Dec. 17, 2025
"Our experiments indicate that life could emerge from a very small set of molecules, under conditions such as those prevailing on volcanic islands on the early Earth," says Adriana Serrão, lead author of the study.
From Science Daily ● Mar. 22, 2024
The court also found that Manson had not “demonstrated a probability of prevailing on his claims based on alleged defamation against Wood.”
From Los Angeles Times ● May 9, 2023
“North Dakota has a substantial likelihood of prevailing on the merits and has met the other factors favoring a preliminary injunction,” U.S.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 29, 2023
As indicative of the apparent harmony of sentiments prevailing on the question, Mr. Wilson said that the Committee on the Judiciary had determined to report a proposition substantially identical with that offered by Mr. Stevens.
From History of the Thirty-Ninth Congress of the United States by William Horatio Barnes
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