A15 A court nullified its own ruling of four months ago that struck down the Army's ban on homosexuals.

He struck down the Transit Authority's ban on panhandling as a violation of the First Amendment right to free speech.

A Federal court permanently struck down Ohio's ban on the procedure in December 1995, but the Ohio legislation did not use the term "partial-birth abortion."

For example, he has written about a case in which another court struck down the Environmental Protection Agency's ban on asbestos as costly and inefficient.

The court struck down the Army's ban on homosexuals as based merely on "sexual orientation," not conduct.

After the raid, Carlson filed a lawsuit to strike down Minnesota's ban on the substances.

The Federal appeals court here, which last February struck down the Army's ban on homosexuals, nullified that ruling today by agreeing to rehear the case.