Three lower court rulings found all the men guilty of murder.

You don't even have a lower court ruling from which you're appealing, for instance.

There have already been conflicting lower court rulings on that question.

Neither side was happy and both appealed the lower court ruling.

While there have been hundreds of lower court rulings, many crucial legal questions remain.

Yesterday's decision modified one aspect of the lower court ruling.

The opinion overturned a lower court ruling in favor of the government.

The dismissal left the lower court ruling without value as precedent.

But a lower court ruling stopped 25 of the layoffs.

The lower court ruling established a major precedent, and became a serious issue for the unions.