1.   An Istanbul court banned the book in June and ordered the seizure of all remaining copies.

2.   But a federal appeals court has banned the state universities of Texas from doing the same, and other states, notably Michigan, are facing similar legal challenges.

3.   But if the courts ban both machines, gambling experts say, no casino can survive.

4.   Eventually, he hopes courts will ban such practices as required euthanasia for dogs biting people and other severe reprisals against wayward pets.

5.   Federal courts still ban broadcast coverage of criminal and civil trials.

6.   For similar reasons, the courts routinely ban news media coverage of preliminary hearings.

7.   In February, the New Orleans-based appeals court banned student-initiated prayer altogether at football games.

8.   It is the first time a court has banned an issue-based ad campaign by European unit of the maker of Marlboro cigarettes, said a company spokesman.

9.   The court specifically banned certain interrogation techniques, all of them repugnant.

10.   The French courts recently banned the sale of Nazi memorabilia over the Internet in France.