The court's decision is the most definitive ruling yet in a case that began nearly three years ago when the agents filed their lawsuit.

The Supreme Court took the case and was widely expected to make a definitive ruling on the question.

The report Friday provided the first definitive ruling on the legality of the activities.

The decision sets the stage for a definitive ruling by the Supreme Court.

"I'm not up to making definitive rulings on my English just now," he tells North.

Activists want the Constitutional Court to make a definitive ruling.

Justice Hickman is expected to make a definitive ruling Monday morning.

But the Court's tone was that of a tentative first step rather than a definitive final ruling on the issue.

In April 1991, the court accepted the proceeding, but a definitive ruling is not expected for two to three years, well after the summer games.

The decision applies only until the agency makes a definitive ruling on the dispute.