21.   A day later, a federal appeals court judge granted a stay of the bankruptcy auction pending appeal.

22.   A former Oklahoma civil appeals judge with a reputation as a criminal defense specialist.

23.   A group of doctors had challenged the law, saying it was unconstitutional, but three appeals court judges disagreed.

24.   A New York appeals court judge last night ordered a halt to the sale to management of penmaker Sheaffer Inc., which Bic has made a bid to acquire.

25.   A U.S. appeals court judge said Friday he was the accidental source of word that a new federal grand jury was probing Clinton over his affair with Lewinsky.

26.   A week ago, the three appeals court judges named Donald C. Smaltz, a Los Angeles lawyer, to the post.

27.   After serving as a law clerk for a federal appeals court judge, she taught at the law schools of Ohio State University and Louisiana State University.

28.   But about six hours before the execution, an appeals court judge ruled that his due process had been violated.

29.   But it worked out in favor of Microsoft when an appeals judge overturned the decision, rebuking Sporkin for using the book at all.