1.   The resignation also coincided with a controversial ruling by the Education Department prohibiting federal aid to colleges which offered scholarships designated solely for minority students.

2.   Frustration over controversial rulings does not justify trying to rig the courts.

3.   Given the poisoned atmosphere surrounding his controversial ruling, that standard of fairness required Baer to step aside.

4.   However, probably his most controversial ruling came in the Steve Howe case.

5.   In a controversial ruling in the case, Ito dismissed about half the charges.

6.   Ito made several controversial rulings against the prosecution in the trial, one of which was later overturned by an appeals court.

7.   Members of the Pennsylvania congressional delegation express their shock at a controversial ruling by a federal judge that overturned a murder conviction.

8.   Nevertheless, the recent spate of controversial rulings has again raised the issue of instant replay and has some teams fuming.

9.   Tampa Bay converted the third down into a first down when Phillippi Sparks was called for pass interference in a controversial ruling.

10.   That controversial ruling upheld a lower court finding that companies could fire older workers in favor of younger ones if it is done as a cost-saving move.