The transportation authority, a state agency, had sought arbitration, in which a three-member panel will essentially dictate the terms of a new contract.

The two Justices called on the Court to overrule a 1991 decision that, in the view of the majority, essentially dictated the result today.

The newly declassified document says flatly that the intelligence agency could essentially dictate articles and have them sent around the world.

But on the other hand that Norway, aided by the same powers, essentially dictated the terms of the Union.

"Trips was a matter of powerful companies with intellectual property concerns essentially dictating trade policy," said Keith E. Maskus, a trade expert at the University of Colorado.

To solve this problem, operating systems essentially dictate how every type of device should be controlled.

"We're going to be walking a fine line," Mr. Elkner said, explaining that weather conditions will essentially dictate whether lawns can be fertilized or seeded.

They are now essentially dictating to a humiliated U.N. force.

The Americans essentially dictate Europe's place in this new grand design.

Thus the content of the ketubah essentially dictates security and protection for the woman, and her rights in the marriage.