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Thu 06 Jun 2004State's appeal against judgment allowedIn an important judgment dealing with the law-making powers of the Oireachtas, the Supreme Court yesterday unanimously allowed the State's appeal against a High Court judgment, which had struck down Section 2 of the Immigration Act 1999 as unconstitutional.The High Court decision last January had immediate implications for controlling the movements of non-nationals and led to the introduction of the controversial Immigration Act 2004, described as emergency legislation.