1.   Assistant Solicitor General Jeffrey Minear acknowledged, though, that the Justice Department once took the opposite stance on behalf of the Treasury in an earlier appeals court case.

2.   Berzon, an expert in labor law, has specialized in federal appeals cases.

3.   Berzon, who specializes in federal appeals cases and sits on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union, was nominated more than two years ago.

4.   But two weeks ago, Kennard reversed course and announced that he would no longer stand on the sidelines because of the appeals court case.

5.   His specialty, appeals cases, typically take very little time.

6.   In a federal appeals court case this summer, it was ruled that Microsoft could bundle its browser into an earlier version of Microsoft.

7.   It supports, however, giving federal appellate jurists discretion to decide on broadcasting arguments in appeals cases.

8.   The loser in the federal appeals court case may appeal to the Supreme Court.

9.   The only federal appeals court case favors insurance companies denying coverage.

10.   Businessman Bernard Tapie won a partial victory in his appeals case Wednesday, when a judge reduced his one-year prison term on corruption charges to four months.