21.   If it upholds the earlier rulings, it will be up to the Legislature to decide whether to approve new gambling pacts with the tribes.

22.   In a series of earlier rulings, the PUC has interpreted that clause to mean that debts could not be passed on to customers.

23.   In an earlier ruling in the case, Prado dismissed MALDEF claims that state education officials had intentionally discriminated against minorities with TAAS.

24.   In a progress review earlier this year, the WTO found that Canada had complied with the earlier ruling, while Brazil had not.

25.   In announcing that plan last week, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman said the administration was trying to address concerns raised by Lodge in earlier rulings.

26.   In an earlier ruling, Palm Beach County Circuit Judge Harold Cohen said the state could add a racketeering claim in its case.

27.   In earlier rulings, the Supreme Court has upheld tribal sovereign immunity from attack.

28.   In recent years, the high court has opened the door to funding of some religious groups but has so far stopped short of abandoning its earlier rulings.

29.   In July, the high court ordered a federal appeals court to reconsider its earlier ruling that upheld the constitutionality of a Baltimore ban on outdoor cigarette advertising.

30.   In New Jersey, earlier rulings by both state and federal courts have prompted the state to set more restrictive rules than many other states on community notification.