Yesterday's ruling stemmed from a 1996 stop in Washington Heights, when an officer found 10 kilograms of cocaine in a taxicab.

The ruling today stemmed from Colonel North's refusal to obey a grand jury subpoena ordering him to provide a sample of his handwriting.

The rulings stemmed from a zoning case in Mount Laurel near Philadelphia.

The ruling stemmed from a lawsuit that accused the police of wrongly arresting addicts who were carrying used syringes as part of a needle-exchange program.

The court rulings stemmed from a zoning case filed in Mount Laurel, near Philadelphia; hence the name for all such housing.

That ruling stemmed from years of the court system's being so backed up that it was routine for defendants to be held for days without seeing a judge.

The ruling stemmed from an appeal by Lois McDermott, 67, of Highlands.

Magistrate Katz's unusual ruling stemmed from a claim of defamation in the suit, contending that the show had harmed the girl's reputation.

The ruling stemmed from a suit by California physicians and patients after the federal government had threatened legal action against doctors who recommended medical marijuana.

The ruling stemmed from a zwidow's lawsuit against three tobacco companies that made the brands her husband, who died of lung cancer, smoked.