Sentence examples for ruling on that issue from inspiring English sources

Last week, Basciano's defense team filed papers indicating it would try to recuse Garaufis from presiding over the trial because if Basciano were ultimately found guilty, the defense would move to submit the Judge's letter to Holder as a mitigating factor in the death penalty phase of the trial and that Garaufis would have difficulty ruling on that issue.

A ruling on that issue is expected next year.

The department did not make a ruling on that issue and instead forwarded the file to the Dallas County district attorney's office, said police spokesman Lt. Jose Garcia.

In the view of Yukos's lawyers, a ruling on that issue would effectively be a final decision on the claim itself.

Finding that the outcome would depend on the compatibility of the above-mentioned provision with Community law, the tribunal decided to stay proceedings and to refer to the European Court of Justice for a preliminary ruling on that issue.

"I'm not sure how we could have a closed session without the accused until there is a ruling on that issue," said Colonel Pohl, who asked the lawyers to quickly draft briefs on the question.

He has deferred ruling on the issue of journalistic privilege until it comes up in trial.

Judge Weinstein put off ruling on the issue until after the trial, allowing the jury to render its verdict first.

The commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration on Friday revoked the approval of the drug Avastin as a treatment for breast cancer, ruling on an emotional issue that pitted the hopes of some desperate patients against the statistics of clinical trials.

(In fact, the appeals court, which was ruling on a side issue, hinted strongly that it would have been loath "to enforce the 'arbitration.'").

Judge Gorsuch has never ruled on abortion, and he is not expected to call into question high-profile rulings on that issue or gay marriage.