61.   Earlier this year, a trial court in New York state said the state could not constitutionally give newer residents lower benefits under a state-financed welfare program.

62.   Even as to these later tax years, however, the trial court refused to grant a refund, and the Georgia Supreme Court affirmed.

63.   Even so, the court rarely agrees to be a trial court.

64.   Federal appeals judges are supposed to decide whether the trial court applied the law correctly, rather than dredging up the facts from the trial.

65.   Fink asked the trial court to bar the use of the blood tests, arguing that the Illinois statute requiring them violates the both federal and state constitutions.

66.   For the same reason, few had expected that he would actually be hanged, even though he was sentenced to death by a trial court in August.

67.   GM invoked the Michigan injunction but the trial court, in turn, invoked Missouri law and permitted Elwell to testify.

68.   Funding was also provided to address negotiated salary increases for trial court and court security personnel.

69.   Gore is not a party to these three lawsuits in the trial courts, but he stands to benefit from them.

70.   He noted that during the long course of litigation, both the trial court and the state Court of Appeal had ruled in favor of the club.