Many insurance experts say the ruling strengthens the position of policyholders.

The court's ruling strengthens the governor's hand at a time of growing public dissatisfaction over the state's late budgets.

Advocates of new federal limits on campaign contributions said the ruling strengthened their hand.

This ruling also strengthened the federal government's power over state governments.

The ruling restores the pledge to its pre-cold-war form and strengthens its meaning by making it include all Americans, regardless of racial, ethnic or religious background.

The ruling strengthens the hand of the government as it reviews AT&T's pending merger with MediaOne.

The ruling, which also covered the cases of two other women, strengthened the rights of individuals to refuse life-sustaining medical treatment.

Others, however, say that the ruling will immeasurably strengthen black colleges, which have usually received far less money than white ones and offered fewer advanced research or graduate programs.

Their ruling strengthened the UK by making plain that this German demand could only be approved by all 27.

The ruling strengthens the hand of the government as it completes its review of the largest merger in the cable television industry.