The ruling, described at the time as the most important death case in 11 years, eliminated the last sweeping legal challenge to the death penalty.

The ruling will eliminate about $8 million from the total that will have to be posted by the investment partnership and secured by the defendants.

By a previous arrangement with other foreign creditors, the ruling also eliminated another $200 million in claims.

A ruling in the owners' favor would effectively eliminate the bargaining leverage of free agency, a decision the players are unlikely to accept without a fight.

The court's ruling eliminated our ability to take enforcement action based solely on salmonella standards.

This ruling should eliminate the incredible harshness of this sentence the first time around.

The ruling effectively eliminated any chance Reynolds could return to international competition before his suspension ends.

But the biological mother's partner said the ruling eliminated the possibility that she could lose any legal relationship to the boy if her partner died suddenly.

But today's ruling eliminated that possibility.

Even if state class actions are rejected, the New Orleans judges' ruling does not eliminate the tobacco companies' risk to liability lawsuits.