11.   The move enabled the justices to put up a united front in a politically charged case where divisions on the court might exist.

12.   The reaction so far from black politicians and civic leaders to this potentially racially charged case has been silence.

13.   The ruling exhausted all judicial appeals in a politically charged case that came to symbolize efforts by South Korea to come to terms with its years under military dictatorship.

14.   The racially charged case sparked national outrage, drawing the attention of Black leaders and President Clinton.

15.   To many New Yorkers, however, Sharpton remains a highly controversial political figure, a result of his seemingly perennial involvement in racially charged cases.

16.   Volpe and three other officers are on trial in the racially charged case in federal court in Brooklyn.

17.   Whoever is chosen, Lee is entitled to an independent look at this politically and ethnically charged case.

18.   Also, witnesses, victims, prosecutors and judges have been threatened, and judges in politically charged cases have suffered gun and grenade assaults on their houses.

19.   Attorneys have said they wanted to give the jury a wide range of options in the racially charged case.

20.   But Assistant Attorney General Eric Holder did not say specifically what kind of federal scrutiny the racially charged case would face, according to those at the meeting.