1.   An appeals court ruling requires the judge to determine whether the Converse program is a suitable alternative for women who might want to enter The Citadel.

2.   An assistant attorney general, Joseph Yannotti, told Bissell on Friday that the appeals court ruling did not support arguments that notification exposed offenders to unconstitutional extra punishment.

3.   And last week it let stand an appeals court ruling that the University of Texas should not use race as a criterion in admitting students to its law school.

4.   And the principles of the appeals court ruling require not only interpretation, but they must also be translated into action.

5.   Arkansas state officials have challenged an appeals court ruling that granted broad tax-exempt status to the farm-credit groups, which help farmers obtain short-term loans.

6.   Bork and others contend that the appeals court ruling is irrelevant to the wider antitrust case.

7.   A January appeals court ruling held that even illegitimate children and children born before their parents acquired Hong Kong residency have that right.

8.   A Justice Department spokesman said the government let pass a Friday deadline for requesting review of the appeals court ruling in the case of Petty Officer Keith Meinhold.

9.   A little-noticed federal appeals court ruling has shown that employees can be punished and even dismissed for muttering to one another within earshot of customers.

10.   A federal appeals court ruling in a related case last June gave Microsoft the benefit of the doubt on this issue.