21.   He said Grose would contest the charges.

22.   Heiple, who was in the first year of a three-year term as chief justice, a largely administrative post, did not contest the charges.

23.   His lawyer, James Roth, said his client would contest the charges.

24.   His lawyer, John S. Siffert, said his client would be entering a not guilty plea and will be contesting the charges.

25.   If Ms. Hochberg had pursued a capital sentence, Green would probably have sought a trial and contested the charges, his lawyers indicated.

26.   Lawyers for Chile said they did not intend to contest the charges, only the right of countries other than Chile to judge the general.

27.   Laws governing unclaimed funds are murky, Arkin said, adding that Kingdon would contest any charges filed against him.

28.   Lenfest plans to contest the charge that he even made such a recommendation, Morvillo said today in an interview.

29.   Michael Handwerker, an attorney representing Lazarenko, said that his client contests the charges against him in Europe and dismissed them as politically motivated.

30.   Microsoft is vigorously contesting all charges and says the government has taken internal memos and descriptions of meetings out of context.