1.   This decision upheld an earlier ruling that it was unfair labour practice to exclude skilled black miners, purely on the basis of race, from the pension scheme.

2.   Although it might seem unusual for the IRS to acquiesce on such matters, in this case the agency was simply upholding its own earlier ruling.

3.   An earlier ruling against PerSeptive, of Framingham, Mass., had been stayed pending appeal.

4.   An earlier ruling by the court said the EPA had not justified its standards on ozone and soot.

5.   And as they did a week ago, the justices reversed earlier Supreme Court rulings.

6.   And while an earlier ruling by Justice Hickman had left unclear whether Miss Brawley could testify, the new ruling stated specifically that she could be called.

7.   Because of an earlier ruling by Brassard, the transcripts of both days could be released to the public on Friday.

8.   A WTO appeals panel upheld an earlier ruling that U.S. regulations covering imports of reformulated gasoline favored domestic producers and held foreign importers to a higher environmental standard.

9.   According to Baxter lawyer Donald Ware, a U.S. district judge in Delaware ruled today the earlier ruling of willful infringement on Johns Hopkins should be implemented.

10.   But in an earlier ruling, the judges in this case indicated that immigration laws do not set a minimum age for an asylum applicant.