31.   Stevens, by granting the stay, allowed partial-birth abortions to continue to be performed in the two states.

32.   The court seldom grants stays of execution.

33.   The Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles commuted his death sentence and granted a stay because of mental illness.

34.   The lawyers also said that it was unusual that Kendall did not explain his reason for granting the stay.

35.   The practice of the Justices has consistently been to grant a stay only when three conditions obtain.

36.   The Supreme Court could still grant a stay to allow it to consider legal questions that remain in the Wright case.

37.   The Supreme Court granted a stay of that ruling in September, permitting the November elections to take place under the existing district lines.

38.   The U.S. Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals granted a stay early Wednesday but the execution was reinstated when the U.S. Supreme Court refused to take up the case.

39.   The U.S. Supreme Court already has signaled its interest by granting a stay that has kept the program running through the legal battle.

40.   Tucker, however, never was granted a stay on those claims.