#ruling__opinion the reason for a court's judgment (as opposed to the decision itself)
supertype: #judicial_decision__judgment__judgement (law) the determination by a court of competent jurisdiction on matters submitted to it
subtype: #Bakke_decision a ruling by the Supreme Court on affirmative action; the Court ruled in 1978 that medical schools are entitled to consider race as a factor in their admission policy
subtype: #fatwa a ruling on a point of Islamic law that is given by a recognized authority
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