"You and who else plan on enforcing that ruling?"

The Salbris coach and one of the players appealed that ruling.

The bill agreed to by Congress would have codified that ruling in law.

The justices are not expected to say whether they will review that ruling until hearing from the Government lawyers, which could take months.

If so, that ruling could affect the status of similar laws in most Southern states and some others around the nation.

But the commission members, who are political appointees of the parties, blocked that ruling.

But an 11-judge panel of the appeals court vacated that ruling.

Tobacco companies have long used that ruling as part of their defense against smokers' claims.

But the appeals court overturned that ruling in its 2-to-1 decision last week.

A state appeals court confirmed that ruling in a unanimous decision on December 21, 2012.