71.   Ashcroft assigned the case to U.S. Attorney Mary Jo White in New York City after becoming attorney general.

72.   Attorney General Drew Edmondson will now assign the case to another prosecutor.

73.   Gore swiftly filed legal papers challenging her edict, and the case was assigned to Sauls in Tallahassee.

74.   Gore swiftly filed legal papers challenging her edict, and the case was assigned to Sauls.

75.   Gore swiftly filed legal papers challenging her edict, and the case was assigned to Circuit Judge N. Sanders Sauls in Tallahassee.

76.   In each of the six cases, Chief District Judge Norma Holloway Johnson bypassed the computer system that randomly assigns cases.

77.   Johnson has said politics played no role in her decision to assign the cases to expedite their disposition.

78.   Johnson said political considerations had nothing to do with assigning the cases and a federal appeals court judge looked into the two cases and took no action.

79.   Related cases ordinarily are assigned to the same judge in the interest of efficient use of judicial resources.

80.   Related cases ordinarily are assigned to the same judge to ensure the most efficient use of judicial resources.