71.   The Justice Department also filed a formal appeal asking the Supreme Court to review the appeals court decision.

72.   The Justice Department presented the move as a pragmatic response to the appeals court decision, a prudent tactical retreat.

73.   The leading federal appeals court decision on an earlier consent degree in the Microsoft case appears to give a district judge little latitude in rewriting a proposed consent decree.

74.   The most significant provision of the bill would allow people in employer-sponsored health plans to appeal decisions denying them coverage for specific services.

75.   The New York Times plans a package of stories and graphics on the appeals court decision in the Mircosoft antitrust case.

76.   The recent appeals court decisions, however, have given short shrift to the diversity claims and demanded a far greater level of evidence to justify the regulations.

77.   The officials said the states had taken a broader view of the appeals decision than the Justice Department.

78.   The relatives have so far refused to do so, a sign that they are not interested in abiding by the appeals court decision.

79.   The recent appeals court decision instead criticizes the regulators as ignoring bankruptcy rules and creating a poorly structured auction.

80.   The ruling overturns a federal appeals court decision, which had struck down the Minnesota rules as an unconstitutional burden on the rights of minor political parties.