11.   Gov. Mike Huckabee said the state would appeal.

12.   However, if there is a court judgment, the state can appeal for years.

13.   If Medicare agrees, the state can still appeal.

14.   If the state does appeal, the regulations would most likely continue pending the outcome of the case.

15.   In general, these states appeal less to migrants than Colorado, say, because of the cold weather and the relative lack of recreational and cultural opportunities.

16.   In all likelihood, she said, the state will appeal the ruling in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit in Philadelphia.

17.   In that event, the state could appeal the ban on hanging Rupe or attempt to execute him by lethal injection.

18.   Kessel declined to say whether the state would appeal the court decision.

19.   Nixon said he was not yet certain whether the state would appeal the ruling.

20.   On Monday, the attorney general announced the state would appeal that ruling to the U.S. Supreme Court.