11.   Morales said he developed the two-prong argument after analyzing previous Supreme Court rulings on affirmative action and consulting legal scholars, university officials and minority groups.

12.   No governor in three decades has come up with a plan that satisfied the court, despite three previous rulings on the issue.

13.   Previous rulings, he said, have upheld the breaking up of gerrymandered districts that stretch through several towns in an effort to assemble blocs of minority voters.

14.   Previous rulings by Wright on abortion cases, as well as other abortion rulings in district court in Kansas City, led him to that conclusion, DeFeo said.

15.   Previous rulings on high-profile issues such as abortion and school prayer have been controversial.

16.   So the justices relied on history, the overall structure of the Constitution, and previous rulings of the high court to reach their decision, he said.

17.   The Angels received no explanation regarding the ruling, but Scioscia felt that the decision was in accordance with previous rulings.

18.   The decisions overturned a previous ruling by the US Circuit Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia.

19.   The Court of Appeals rebuked him last year by overturning a previous ruling in a related Microsoft case.

20.   The court official, who asked not to be named, said Smith will probably issue an order this week based upon a previous ruling.