Apple's Mr. Burley declined to comment on the judgment outside the court, and a Sydney-based spokeswoman for the company declined to comment specifically on Wednesday's ruling, only reiterating the same statement put out by Apple since the legal rumblings began.

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England lost their other challenge afforded by the system when Flintoff, the best of the tourists' attack, contested another Hill decision, whose judgment of the ball pitching outside leg-stump to Sarwan was shown to be correct.

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Chevron managed to get this case removed to Ecuador on foreign non conveniens grounds, ending what might have appeared to be a slam-dunk settlement, and since then has fought a scorched-earth battle to prevent any judgment there from being enforced outside Ecuador.

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