11.   After a federal appeals court declared the tax unconstitutional, the Legislature changed the tax rules and ordered refunds without interest.

12.   All the juries deadlocked and the courts declared mistrials.

13.   But the court quickly declared Xu guilty and is sending him to spend what may be much of the rest of his life in prison.

14.   But, after being told by the U.S. Supreme Court in February to reconsider, the appeals court Monday declared it unconstitutional.

15.   Cuomo then raided their pension funds in a move the courts ultimately declared was illegal.

16.   Federal appeals courts declared both laws unconstitutional last year.

17.   Exxon Corp. said an English court declared a Lubrizol Corp. patent invalid in a long-running dispute between the two companies.

18.   In a number of such cases, courts have declared that reverse engineering is perfectly legal.

19.   In the hearing on Monday, the court brusquely declared itself unsatisfied with her reply and set a hearing for January.

20.   In unanimously striking down the law, the five-member court declared that the law infringed on free speech and denied equal protection of the law.