51.   The ruling gives BMW and its allies hope for a bigger victory next year.

52.   The ruling gives federal authorities promise of fortunes in energy revenue.

53.   The ruling Thursday gives the New South Wales police force three weeks to reinstate Hollingsworth or compensate her for unfair dismissal.

54.   The ruling gave the politicians the option of requesting bail from a court, but it was still the toughest measure available to the judge.

55.   The ruling gives a moral boost to opponents of Israeli withdrawal from the West Bank.

56.   The ruling could give other states more leeway in regulating competition in the livestock industry.

57.   The ruling gave Petrobras, the state-owned oil monopoly, the right to fire workers without compensation.

58.   The ruling gave Telecom Italia more room to fend off the bid by restructuring or altering its share capital, at least temporarily.

59.   The ruling has apparently given residency rights to hundreds of thousands of Chinese, although no recent official estimates have been made.

60.   The ruling on Monday gave the Okinawa governor three days to forcibly renew leases which local landowners had refused to extend.