1.   Four hours before the lethal injection was to be administered, a Texas court issued a stay of execution while the judges study the case.

2.   Geneva said the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals in Richmond, Virginia, yesterday issued a stay blocking Novopharm from starting sales of the drug.

3.   It is especially uncommon for the high court to issue a stay, as it did on Saturday when it stopped the recount of disputed ballots in Florida.

4.   Jones issued a stay against it, meaning that the procedures for doctor-aided suicide have remained in place.

5.   Judge Paul Brown issued a stay of her jail sentence while the appeal is considered.

6.   Justices John Paul Stevens and Ruth Bader Ginsburg dissented from the decision to issue the stay.

7.   Now that the stay has been issued, however, the board plans to return to using race or ethnicity as a factor in granting the scholarships.

8.   On Wednesday, Justice Department lawyers asked Johnson to issue a stay blocking the subpoenas.

9.   Supreme Court practice requires Rehnquist to make such a finding before issuing any stays.

10.   Stevens also cast doubt on the rationale for issuing the stay.