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• [_ARGM-TMP In August] , [_ARG0 the commission] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that between $ 190 million and $ 195 million *U* of the plant 's construction cost was unreasonable and should be refunded *-1 , plus interest] .
• [_ARG0 The commission] is expected *-1 to [_rel rule] on [_ARG1-on the Braidwood 2 case] [_ARGM-TMP by year end] .
• [_ARG0 The panel] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the restrictions do n't violate the freedom of speech of health care providers and that the limits on counseling services do n't violate the rights of pregnant women] .
• -LCB- The court has indicated 0 [_ARG0 it] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel rule] on [_ARG1-on the case] [_ARGM-TMP by the end of the month] . -RCB-
• `` [<sub>ARG1</sub> The First Amendment proscribes the government from *-2 passing laws abridging the right to free speech] , '' [<sub>ARG0</sub> Judge Donald O'Brien] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] *T*-1 .
• [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> Indeed] , [<sub>ARG0</sub> Judge O'Brien] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that `` it *EXP*-1 would be easy * to conclude that the USIA 's position is ` inappropriate or even stupid , ' '' but it 's the law] .
• [_ARG0 The Tax Court] is n't expected *-1 to [_rel rule] [_ARGM-TMP before early next year] .
• Although the action removes one obstacle in the way of an overall settlement to the case , it also means that Mr. Hunt could be stripped *-165 of virtually all of his assets if [_ARG0 the Tax Court] [_rel rules] against [_ARG1-against him] [_ARGM-LOC in a 1982 case heard * earlier this year in Washington , D.C] .
• [_ARG0 The National Transportation Safety Board] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that pilots failed *-1 to set the plane 's wing flaps and slats properly for takeoff and failed *-1 to make mandatory preflight checks that *T*-221 would have detected the error] .
• [_ARG0 A federal judge] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that Imelda Marcos was n't brought to the U.S. against her will and that marital privileges , which *T*-234 protect spouses from *-1 incriminating each other , do n't apply in her case] .
• [_ARGM-TMP In November 1987] , [_ARG0 a district court judge in Detroit] [_rel ruled] against [_ARG2-against the UAW] .
• [_ARG0 Courts] have [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that taxpayers must submit to TCMP audits] , but the IRS will excuse from the fullscale rigors anyone who *T*-1 was audited *-241 without change for either 1986 or 1987 .
• Conservatives question the validity of the studies and note that [_ARG0 the Supreme Court] [_rel ruled] [_ARGM-TMP in 1987] [_ARG1 that such research , regardless of its accuracy , is n't relevant to a constitutional attack on a particular death sentence] .
• [_ARG0 He] [_ARGM-MOD could] [_rel rule] [_ARGM-TMP as early as today] on [_ARG1-on the motion seeking a temporary injunction against the Dow Jones offer] .
• The Lone Star Steel lawsuit also asks [_ARG0 the court] *-2 to [_rel rule] [_ARG1 that Lone Star Technologies is jointly responsible for a $ 4.5 million *U* Lone Star Steel pension payment that *T*-1 was due , but was n't paid *-3 , in September and that the parent company ca n't recover the amount from its subsidiary if the parent company makes the payment] .
• [_ARGM-TMP For the past decade] , [_ARG0 NEC Corp.] has owned more than half the Japanese PC market and [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 it] [_ARGM-MNR with near-monopoly power] .
• LTV challenged the order , and [_ARG0 a federal district court in New York] [_ARGM-TMP in June 1988] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the agency improperly ordered LTV *-1 to reassume responsibility for the plans] .
• [_ARGM-LOC In the Vermont case] , [_ARG0 a federal judge] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the state 's mandatory age of 70 for appointed judges was illegal] ; Vermont 's appeal of that decision is pending before the U.S. Second Circuit Court of Appeals in Manhattan .
• Although settlement talks had been dropped *-1 , attorneys for the two sides apparently began *-5 talking again yesterday in an attempt * to settle the matter before Thursday , when [_ARG0 a judge] is expected *-3 to [_rel rule] on [_ARG1-on Warner 's request for an injunction that *T*-2 would block the two producers from *-6 taking over the management of Columbia] *T*-4 .
• Neither plan is dead , however , and [_ARG0 the judge] could force creditors to accept some version of them after *-1 [_rel ruling] on [_ARG1-on the Minpeco-Manufacturers Hanover dispute] .
• Thursday , [_ARG0 a judge] is scheduled *-1 to [_rel rule] on [_ARG1-on Warner 's motion seeking * to block the Guber-Peters duo from *-2 going to Columbia] .
• Lisa Raines , a lawyer and director of government relations for the Industrial Biotechnical Association , contends that [_ARG0 a judge well-versed in patent law and the concerns of research-based industries] [_ARGM-MOD would] have [_rel ruled] [_ARGM-MNR otherwise] .
• [_ARG0 THE FEDERAL COURT of appeals in Manhattan] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the dismissal of a 1980 indictment against former Bank of Crete owner George Koskotas should be reconsidered *-1] .
• [_ARG0 The judge handling the case in state Supreme Court , a trial court ,] had tossed out the jury verdicts , *-2 [_rel ruling] [_ARG1 that the matter should have been handled *-3 under federal Occupational Safety and Health Administration rules] .
• But [_ARG0 the agency] [_ARGM-ADV specifically] did [_ARGM-NEG n't] [_rel rule] [_ARG1 whether AT&T had the right * to match offers by competitors if that means * giving discounts not generally available to other phone users] .
• [_ARGM-LOC In those cases] , [_ARG0 the high court] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that federal law gives prosecutors broad authority 0 *T*-1 to seize assets of people accused * of racketeering and drug-related crimes , including fees paid * to lawyers before an indictment] .
• [_ARG0 The bankruptcy judge] has [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that federal bankruptcy laws could be used *-1 * to circumvent state regulation] .
• But [_ARGM-TMP when] [_ARG0 the high court] [_rel ruled] in [_ARG1-in the Webster case] [_ARGM-TMP in July] *T*-1 , the president began *-2 to lower the volume .
• [_ARG0 Mr. Corry] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that all board meetings would be held *-1 in Pittsburgh instead of New York or Findlay , Ohio , Marathon 's home] .
• President Bush is considering *-1 casting a line-item veto as a test 0 *T*-2 to determine whether [_ARG0 the courts] [_ARGM-MOD will] [_rel rule] [_ARG1 that he has such authority] .
• [_ARG0 No federal court] has [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the Voting Rights Act protects a white minority] , but in June the Justice Department approved a districting plan for Birmingham that *T*-1 carves out three white-majority districts and six black-majority districts .
• [_ARG0 The Iran-Contra judge] agreed *-1 to allow Poindexter to subpoena the personal papers of ex-President Reagan , *-1 [_rel ruling] [_ARG1 that there was sufficient evidence that the data would be important to the defense] .
• `` There 's no reason 0 * to believe that [<sub>ARG0</sub> juries] [<sub>rel</sub> rule] [<sub>ARGM-MNR</sub> inappropriately] *T*-1 , '' he says *T*-2 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The tribunal] is scheduled *-1 to [<sub>rel</sub> rule] on [<sub>ARG1-on</sub> the request] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> Friday] .
• But [<sub>ARG0</sub> the Supreme Court] concluded that it *ICH*-1 was premature * to [<sub>rel</sub> rule] on [<sub>ARG1-on</sub> the constitutionality of the preamble] because the definition of human life had n't yet been used *-2 *-3 to restrict abortion services .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The official , John DeVillars ,] asked Clean Harbors for more information before *-1 [<sub>rel</sub> ruling] on [<sub>ARG1-on</sub> a permit for the site] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> A lower court in St. Paul] had [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARGM-TMP</sub> in September 1988] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that a heart catheter 0 SciMed manufactures *T*-1 does n't infringe on a patent owned * by Advanced Cardiovascular Systems , a unit of Eli Lilly & Co] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> It] has [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that such laws might work *-2 to stifle fund raising , which *T*-1 would amount to * limiting the charities ' first-amendment right to freedom of expression] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The Federal Trade Commission] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that five major title-insurance companies illegally fixed prices for title search-and-examination services by *-1 participating in joint `` rating bureaus '' in six states] .
• [_ARG0 The FTC] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the companies violated federal antitrust law by *-1 fixing rates in the following states : New Jersey , Pennsylvania , Connecticut , Wisconsin , Arizona and Montana] .
• [_ARG1 Just because Stamford , Conn. , High School did nothing when its valuable 1930s mural was thrown *-1 in the trash *T*-2 does n't mean 0 the city no longer owns the work of art] , [_ARG0 a federal judge] [_rel ruled] 0 *T*-3 .
• But [_ARG0 Judge Louis L. Stanton of federal court in Manhattan] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the city could n't be faulted *-1 for *-2 waiting too long because it did n't realize until 1986 that its ownership of the painting was in dispute] .
• [_ARG0 The judge] [_ARGM-DIS also] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the painting was n't abandoned *-2 because officials did n't intend for it to be thrown away *-1 and were unaware that the workmen had discarded it] .
• [_ARG0 The Nuclear Regulatory Commission] [_rel ruled] [_ARGM-MNR unanimously] [_ARG1 that the financial troubles facing the Seabrook , N.H. , nuclear-power plant have no impact on whether the plant receives a full-power license] .
• [_ARGM-LOC In a case involving Avondale Industries Inc. and its insurer , Travelers Cos. ,] [_ARG0 the Second U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New York] [_rel ruled] in [_ARG2-in favor of the company] on [_ARG1-on two issues that lawyers say 0 *T*-1 are central to dozens of pollution cases around the country] .
• William Greaney , an attorney for the Chemical Manufacturers Association , said that while [_ARG0 other appeals courts] have [_rel ruled] [_ARGM-MNR differently] on [_ARG1-on whether cleanup costs are damages] , the influence of the appeals court in New York `` will make insurers sit up and listen . ''
• He said 0 the decision was [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> the first] in which [<sub>ARG0</sub> a federal appeals court] has [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> whether administrative government proceedings qualify as litigation] *T*-1 .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> U.S. District Judge Jack B. Weinstein of Brooklyn , N.Y. ,] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that a man implicated * in an attack on an Israeli passenger bus in 1986 can be extradited *-1 to Israel for trial] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> A magistrate] had initially refused the request , *-1 [<sub>rel</sub> ruling] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that the attack had been a political act for which the man , Mahmoud El-Abed Ahmad , would be exempt from extradition *T*-2] .
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> Judge Weinstein] [<sub>ARGM-DIS</sub> also] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that judges must consider prior to extradition whether the defendant will be treated *-1 fairly in a foreign court] .
• U.S. Trade Representative Carla Hills said 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> the first dispute-settlement panel set up under the U.S.-Canadian `` free trade '' agreement] has [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that Canada 's restrictions on exports of Pacific salmon and herring violate the accord] .
• *-1 Questioned about the seeming contradiction in the U.S. and Canadian government views of the panel 's report , an aide for Mrs. Hills said 0 [_ARG0 the panel] had [_ARGM-MNR clearly] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the Canadian trade restrictions `` are illegal] . ''
• [<sub>ARG0</sub> The judge] dismissed the fan 's suit against the team , however , *-2 [<sub>rel</sub> ruling] [<sub>ARG2</sub> the Orioles] [<sub>ARG1</sub> innocent of negligent hiring , and not responsible for a fight that *T*-1 was outside the players ' employment] .
• While it *ICH*-3 is possible that [<sub>ARG2</sub> the Big Green initiative] [<sub>ARGM-MOD</sub> will] be [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] *-5 [<sub>ARG1</sub> unconstitutional] , it *EXP*-4 is of course conceivable that in modern California it could slide through .
• The Supreme Court agreed *-2 to decide whether a federal court may dismantle [<sub>ARG1</sub> a merger] that *T*-1 has won regulatory approval but been [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] *-3 [<sub>ARG3</sub> anticompetitive] [<sub>ARGM-LOC</sub> in a private suit] .
• MedChem Products Inc. said 0 [<sub>ARG0</sub> a U.S. District Court in Boston] [<sub>rel</sub> ruled] [<sub>ARG1</sub> that a challenge by MedChem to the validity of a U.S. patent held * by Pharmacia Inc. was `` without merit] . ''
• Today , [_ARG0 U.S. Judge John E. Sprizzo] is expected *-1 to [_rel rule] on [_ARG1-on Sony 's renewed request for a pre-trial order blocking sale of the disputed products , on which deliveries began in July *T*-2] .
• [_ARG0 A federal appeals court in San Francisco] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that shareholders ca n't hold corporate officials liable for false sales projections on new products if the news media concurrently revealed substantial information about the product 's flaws] .
• [_ARG0 The court] [_rel ruled] [_ARG1 that the news media did n't reveal Twiggy 's problems at the time] .
• He also argued that [_ARG0 the high court] was wrong in 1976 * to [_rel rule] [_ARG1 that minors have a right to abortion that *T*-2 ca n't be absolutely vetoed *-1 by their parents] .
• [_ARG0 The Reagan-era Federal Communications Commission] had [_rel ruled] in [_ARG2-in favor of * killing most of the rules] .