1.   A federal judge in San Francisco indicated yesterday that she will uphold her previous ruling that export controls on encryption software are unconstitutional because they violate free speech.

2.   But the federal case will be heard only by Breyer, who has indicated in previous rulings that he is likely to side with the government.

3.   First Bank Chief Financial Officer Richard Zona criticized the SEC requirement that First Bank suspend its buybacks and said it conflicts with previous rulings.

4.   Free agency was born as a result of their actions when a federal court upheld a previous ruling by abritrator Peter Seitz.

5.   Frederick Jacob, a lawyer for the rural schools, said the court had focused only on urban districts in previous rulings because only the urban districts had sued.

6.   He has won previous rulings over sanctioning bodies that refused to give him a license to fight because of his age.

7.   In Markman, which repudiates seven previous U.S. Circuit cases, the court clarified previous inconsistent rulings on its part.

8.   In previous rulings in the sexual-misconduct suit brought by Paula Jones, Judge Wright has sided with Clinton.

9.   In response to a bombastic toast from The Independent, Steblin suddenly declared that his previous ruling was overturned.

10.   Judging from previous rulings this season, Stevens could be suspended from two to four games.