1.   In short, where there is an articulated policy which can clearly be applied to a case, development control and appeal decisions tend to abide by it.

2.   Finally, clearer guidance from central government is required, and appeal decisions should be consistent with exhortations.

3.   Nevertheless, concern about the loss of agricultural land has had a major impact on development plans, on planning decisions, and on appeal decisions.

4.   Although hailed as both a symbolic and actual victory by Locke, Blum described the appeals court decision as generally inconsequential.

5.   An eighth circuit court of appeals decision is expected as early as this week.

6.   And while the state court judges who sentence most offenders must consider the federal appeals court decision, they are not bound by it.

7.   Appeals court decisions do not take effect immediately.

8.   As a federal appeals court decision handed down Tuesday makes clear, however, such changes in thinking have not come easily.

9.   A company spokesman had no immediate comment on the appeals court decision.

10.   A federal appeals court decision this week sent chills among public advocates worried about a few media conglomerates controlling American television.