31.   Assemblyman Richard L. Brodsky, co-author of the state law and one of the lawyers who argued the case, said he believed the state should appeal.

32.   Assistant Attorney General William Porter will argue the case for Massachusetts.

33.   At a two-hour hearing last week, the parties argued their cases.

34.   At issue is more than an argument over which man should argue the case before a Bronx jury.

35.   At least three have argued cases before the U.S. Supreme Court.

36.   Attorney General Janet Reno successfully argued the case herself before the court in January.

37.   Baron said managers who formerly were lawyers or prosecutors often performed well, even if they had not argued a case in many years.

38.   Bedman said the employee also sets most of the terms of how the case will be argued.

39.   Being admitted to the Supreme Court bar is largely a symbolic honor since only a small number of the members actually argue cases before the justices.

40.   Bordick returned down the baseline, arguing his case unsuccessfully.