11.   A federal appeals court ruling last year said that bundling the browser with Windows was justified if users benefited.

12.   A law clerk for Edelstein said Tuesday night that the judge had no comment on the appeals court ruling.

13.   A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling last month overturned part of an industry-sponsored federal law that restricts access to low-power broadcast licenses.

14.   A number of suburban and small districts have skated around the appeals court ruling, but many canceled all prayer until the legal issue is settled.

15.   Affirmative action is no longer used in Texas colleges because of a federal appeals court ruling in what is known as the Hopwood case.

16.   Boston school officials should have appealed the federal appeals court ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.

17.   But if the high court turns down his petition for review, the appeals court ruling will serve the situation well.

18.   But today the high court refused to disturb a California-based appeals court ruling that those damages are taxable.

19.   By refusing to hear the case, the high court left the appeals court ruling intact.

20.   Clinton administration lawyer Barbara Underwood also urged the justices to overturn the appeals court ruling and allow state employers to be sued under the federal law.