11.   Then, last Friday, a federal appeals court lifted the ban on blocking e-mail.

12.   The Louisiana legislation had also been declared unconstitutional in September by a federal appeals court.

13.   A legal challenge was launched by the Defenders of Wildlife group and other bodies, and upheld by the federal appeals court.

14.   Also last month, a federal appeals court reversed a lower court decision and said Starr could proceed with a second case against Arkansas Gov. Jim Guy Tucker.

15.   Ameritech and other regional telephone stocks surged after a federal appeals court extended a freeze on pricing rules designed to increase competition in local phone markets.

16.   An Atlanta-based federal appeals court overturned that decision, saying the experts could testify and the lawsuit could proceed.

17.   An enthusiastic questioner while on the federal appeals court, Thomas now rocks gently in his high-backed chair and lets other justices interrogate attorneys presenting their cases.

18.   An Illinois golf pro, Ford Olinger, lost a similar case last year before the federal appeals court in Chicago.

19.   And in at least one case, a federal appeals court in New Orleans upheld a health plan that had singled out AIDS for special restrictions on coverage.

20.   And in Atlanta, a federal appeals court will consider an attempt by George Bush to stop all such recounts.