Other district courts have handed down similar rulings in recent months.

Officials at the state and federal environmental agencies said they were unaware of any similar rulings.

And last month, a federal magistrate in Manhattan issued a similar ruling.

The decision comes just a week after a similar ruling in Manitoba.

However, similar rulings have been ignored due to a lack of authority.

Another judge justified a similar ruling, saying, "It's a philosophical matter."

A year earlier, a court had made a similar ruling after an effort to revoke the license of an adult home.

Many other judges are thought to have made similar rulings informally.

A similar ruling was enacted in 1865, just a few years after the 1853 Constitution.

A Swedish court before which a case was brought by the ombudsman has just given a similar ruling.