"It could be very precedent setting," Mr. Kreisberg said.

It was precedent setting and became the guide and model for other regional vocational school districts.

The Government said it viewed the suit as precedent setting.

Some were precedent setting because the case was overturned by a higher court with a different conclusion.

But it is certainly unusual, if not precedent setting, when they turn up on a weeknight at 7:30 P.M., directly before prime time starts.

Today's decision, groups on all sides said, is likely to be precedent setting.

Decisions from informal procedures are not precedent setting and the judge has more discretion than in general procedures.

General procedures could drag on for years and the decisions are precedent setting.

It was precedent setting.

"We think this is precedent setting," Ms. Kellon said.