The phrase "alternative ruling" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in contexts where a different decision or judgment is being proposed or considered, often in legal or formal discussions.
Example: "The court issued an alternative ruling that could change the outcome of the case."
Alternatives: "different decision" or "substitute judgment".
The Coffman decision stood squarely upon the grounding of the adequacy of the remedy by suit against the licensees, although it rested also upon the alternative ruling that there was no case or controversy.
Having said all of that, and acknowledging that the court's alternative ruling had stretched the text of the statute, Chief Justice Roberts said the court should avoid deciding hard constitutional questions when it could.
Indeed, by indicating a willingness to do more now, as Iraqis consider alternative ruling coalitions, Washington may also help prod the Iraqis to choose a more unifying leader than Maliki.
But Dr Chloë Kennedy, who teaches Criminal Law at Edinburgh University, has written an alternative ruling where the women win their case for the Scottish Feminist Judgments Project which uses laws of the time to imagine how things might have different if the judge had adopted a feminist perspective.
With the charges dismissed, analysts said Anwar's next battle would involve creating a viable alternative to the ruling National Front coalition, in power since 1957, if he is to have a chance of beating it in general elections expected to be called this year.
"The economy is strong, security is strong, and yet a new politician was able to build a legitimate and formidable alternative to the ruling party, within a couple of months and virtually out of nowhere," points out Yohanan Plesner, president of the non-partisan Israel Democracy Institute.
Due to its dark, grunge sound – during an era when alternative rock was ruling the airwaves – the song was even played on some non-Christian stations.
Despite being legally banned under Mubarak, it was allowed to exist under strict constraints and was considered one of the only alternatives to the ruling party.
There might be various reasons for a smoker to choose a light brand other than "the belief that lights were a healthier alternative," the ruling said.
Specificity for the mediating role of self-criticism was demonstrated by ruling out alternative mediation models.
"She's done a good job of ruling out alternative hypotheses," says Mark Stopfer, a neurologist at the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development in Rockville, Maryland.
