The regional director of the board, Dan Silverman, said yesterday that the ruling could cover some other agreements between the paper and its unions.

Its ultimate tax liability could be much larger because the ruling covers only the first year of a practice that has continued ever since.

The ruling covered only the half acre.

The 155-page ruling covers a seemingly obscure area of patent law but has important repercussions for everyday business decisions.

Judge Fitzpatrick's ruling covered thousands of potentially explosive documents that involve communications between cigarette company officials and their lawyers.

The communications commission's recent ruling does not cover this type of peer-to-peer communication.

The ruling also covers the Lieutenants Benevolent Association, which is now negotiating a contract with the city.

The ruling covers all of the railroad's unionized female employees.

At the time, this ruling covered 380 million people.

The rulings do not cover feuds and armed conflicts in general.