41.   In all four of the prior cases that have involved the Mississippi River boundary between Louisiana and Mississippi, we have applied the rule of the thalweg.

42.   In addition, the proposal would extend the rules to federally chartered savings institutions regulated by the Office of Thrift Supervision, which does not now apply the rules.

43.   In Hempstead, for example, Hispanic parents charge that residency rules are randomly applied, with some district workers accepting one form of proof that others reject.

44.   In the Louisiana case, the Clinton administration wants the court to apply that rule to computers and other electronic equipment.

45.   Indeed, large portions of the PRM are devoted to detailed examples, including step-by-step calculations, of how certain rules should be applied to particular facts.

46.   It also applied the rules retroactively to any such crime, and it stripped federal courts of their power to review such cases.

47.   It should also apply uniform rules to all investigations, with the broadest consideration for free-speech rights.

48.   It will be interesting to see, Sobie said, how judges interpret and apply the rules because Family Court involves so many sensitive and confidential matters.

49.   Johnson said that while there has been no consideration of applying the rule to American players, he did not eliminate future consideration.

50.   Kansas law applies that rule to companies with at least four employees and Missouri law to those with at least six employees.