61.   Last week, however, a five-judge state appeals panel of the Appellate Division said the case was anything but clear-cut and overturned the conviction.

62.   Last year, in a challenge filed by a group of utilities, a federal appeals panel said the FCC did not have the authority to regulate such fees.

63.   Last year a three-member appeals court panel in Houston ruled the three districts unconstitutional.

64.   Microsoft Corp. lost a round in court Friday, when a federal appeals panel refused to delay new proceedings in the antitrust case against the company.

65.   Microsoft is expected to reply on Monday, reiterating its desire to keep the depositions closed, and the appeals panel could rule shortly after that.

66.   One judge on the three-member appeals court panel agreed.

67.   One person who routinely sits on the appeals panel characterized the body as harmonious.

68.   Other players were upset by what they considered undue leniency by the appeals panel.

69.   Stuart Gold, a lawyer for Time Warner, said the company would appeal the decision immediately and ask for an emergency hearing before an appeals panel.

70.   That issue is once again before the bigger appeals panel, but it is not the most prominent one.