The office's commissioner, Elin M. Howe, ruled herself that it had not.

The territorial commissioner ruled his death was due to natural causes.

He was not reinstated, but the commissioner ruled that his right to express health and safety concerns at work had been violated.

That crisis was defused when the commissioner ruled that the board had acted illegally.

A commissioner ruled in 90 days.

The commissioner has ruled that the big dollars be earned only by breaking par and not by hitting the ball directly from tee to hole.

In 1970, the new commissioner, Bowie Kuhn, ruled that the selection of starting lineups be returned to the fans.

In January, the commissioner ruled that students at the charter and alternative schools were not exempt.

The commissioners ruled that Benn's last flurry, two rights to the head and a third right that missed, had produced a knockdown.

The game was delayed an hour while they argued the point, disrupting television schedules around the world, but the commissioner finally ruled that she could play.