Written by Chief Justice Roger B. Taney, the decision effectively barred slaves and their descendants from citizenship.

The company also said that the decision barred suits in which plaintiffs could have recovered simply by proving negligence.

But the decision barred the law's provisions for notifying entire communities and gave offenders some new legal rights to challenge the notification process.

The decision barred groups that are "concerned" with the welfare of women and children but do not have them in what the court called their "custody or care."

The judge's decision effectively barred the Council speaker, Gifford Miller, and five other council members from running for re-election in November.

The local judge maintained that the Supreme Court's decision did not bar the men's release until they are to appear before that court.

That decision barred emotionally charged evidence about the impact of a murder on a victim's family from death-sentencing hearings.

That decision barred the use of fixed quotas in affirmative action plans.

The German decision doesn't bar the Galaxy Tab 10.1 from being sold in other parts of Europe, so why is this decision a big deal?

A 1988 decision barred the execution of those who killed when they were younger than 16.