21.   Such a ruling could make it difficult for federal investigators to accuse Clinton of perjury even if he is found to have lied.

22.   That ruling made companies much more aware that they could patent software- based business methods.

23.   The court ruling will make it extremely hard for these defendants to negotiate plea arrangements, Doyle said.

24.   The Florida Department of Insurance, however, argues that the appeals court ruling does make sense.

25.   The judges acknowledged that their ruling might make it more difficult for the authorities to prevent and combat terror.

26.   The landmark ruling made Penry a hero, of sorts, among fellow condemned killers because it changed the landscape of capital litigation in Texas.

27.   The NBA used to ban underclassmen, but had to abandon the practice when the ruling in the Spencer Haywood case made it unconstitutional.

28.   The NLRB ruling should make it even clearer that it is the owners, not the players, who have been stalling in the negotiations.

29.   The new rulings make an earlier sexual-harassment decision by the court this week look all the worse.

30.   The ruling makes it easier for keyboard users to sue computer companies like International Business Machines Corp. and Apple Computer Inc. in New York.