Sentence examples for ruling becomes final from inspiring English sources

Same-sex marriages could take place in counties here starting in three weeks, when the ruling becomes final, lawyers said.

Because, under Iowa law, that process would take two legislative sessions, however, even opponents acknowledge that nothing now seems likely to prevent Iowa from beginning to allow such marriages on April 27 after the ruling becomes final.

The ruling, which becomes final April 22, would give D'Arcy 10 days to comply with the subpoena or get an appeals court to issue a stay.

The ruling, which becomes final April 22, would give D'Arcy 10 days to comply with the subpoena or persuade an appeals court to intervene.

The ruling will thus bind all other courts in those states, too, if it becomes final.

Chaidez v. United States asks whether a 2010 ruling of the court — that criminal defense lawyers must advise their noncitizen clients that a guilty plea carries the risk of deportation — applies to someone whose conviction became final before that ruling was announced.

On Thursday, the prediction was at least partly vindicated in a complex argument over whether the ruling should apply retroactively to thousands of people whose convictions became final before it was issued.

On Wednesday, the court limited the reach of that ruling, saying it did not apply retroactively to people whose convictions had become final by the time the justices announced their 2010 decision, Padilla v. Kentucky.

The divorce became final in October.

The details of the ruling became public on Thursday.

Support for governments shrinks and ruling coalitions become more fragmented.