Vacated: Where the reviewing court overturns the lower courts' ruling(s) as invalid, without necessarily disagreeing with it/them, e.g. because the case was decided on the basis of a legal principle that no longer applies.
vˈeɪkeɪɾᵻd: wˌɛɹ ðə ɹᵻvjˈuːɪŋ kˈoːɹt ˌoʊvɚtˈɜːnz ðə lˈoʊɚ kˈoːɹts ɹˈuːlɪŋ ˈɛs æz ɪnvˈælɪd, wɪðˌaʊt nˌɛsɪsˈɛɹᵻli dˌɪsɐɡɹˈiːɪŋ wɪð ɪt slˈæʃ ðˌɛm, ˈiː.dʒˈiː. bɪkˈʌz ðə kˈeɪs wʌz dᵻsˈaɪdᵻd ɔnðə bˈeɪsɪs əvə lˈiːɡəl pɹˈɪnsɪpəl ðæt nˌoʊ lˈɑːŋɡɚɹ ɐplˈaɪz.