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It it my understanding that the calling umpire always makes the final call.
It was explained to me that even in the case of a protest, where the UIC is called in, that after deliberation, the UIC should inform the calling umpire of the ruling, AND that it is entirely up to the calling umpire whether or not to reverse the call, even if the UIC has clearly communicated to the calling umpire that the call was wrong. The takeaway is that even the UIC will not make the "corrected" call.
Of course, if the calling umpire refused to apply the correct call that would be a career decision.
Proper procedure is after the conference between the umpire team, that the calling umpire should have issued the reversed call.
That being said, it seems like the OP is asking an informed question, but one that would not dictate the ultimate outcome.
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Tony
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