The ruling today follows a nine-day hearing in October on the constitutional merits.

The ruling followed a two-week trial that ended in May.

A final ruling by the European Commission normally follows a week or two after the second consultation with the committee.

Other rulings impinging on the free exercise of religion followed.

The ruling followed conflicting opinions from several trial courts around the country.

"If all the rulings followed the same logic, we'd be fine with it," one official said.

His ruling followed a similar one in Detroit the month before, though that case involved only a single detainee.

The ruling follows similar developments in two other states on Friday.

The ruling followed 30 years of debate over integrating schools across town lines.

The ruling followed his lawyers' acknowledgment that he had faked being suicidal.