61.   James Hopkins, a former New York state appeals judge and a county executive in Westchester, died Friday at Northern Westchester Hospital in Mount Kisco, N.Y.

62.   J. Michael Luttig, a federal appeals judge who was a law clerk for Chief Justice Burger, remembered the impressions he made on his clerks.

63.   Justice David Farris, an appeals court judge who was wounded during the courthouse attack, said he believes Lott is mentally competent.

64.   Justice Isaac Rubin, a former New York state appeals court judge from Westchester County, died Saturday in a hospice in the Bronx.

65.   JUDGES SCRUTINIZE MICROSOFT RULING Federal appeals judges sharply questioned the decision that found that Microsoft had repeatedly violated antitrust law.

66.   Leon Higginbotham, a retired federal appeals court judge and longtime member of the judicial council, wrote to each board member, questioning the invitation.

67.   Luttig is the father of J. Michael Luttig, a federal appeals court judge in Virginia.

68.   Meanwhile history shows that Microsoft does better with appeals judges than in the lower courts.

69.   Ms. Reno filed her application for an independent prosecutor Monday to a special three-judge panel of federal appeals court judges.

70.   Nixon then compounded his troubles by nominating another federal appeals judge, G. Harrold Carswell of Florida.