1.   A divided GOP leadership fears a public and political backlash if Independent Counsel Kenneth Starr hands Congress the legal burden of resolving an inconclusive probe.

2.   But the experience of California and many other states offers a cautionary example of both the legal burdens and daunting expense of capital punishment.

3.   Can there be a finding of liability at that point, or does the plaintiff have the additional legal burden of producing actual evidence of discrimination?

4.   Companies complain about the legal burden of fighting frivolous cases, and Congress is considering proposals to rein in class-action securities litigation.

5.   He also said the state was concerned about the legal burden of thousands of inmate lawsuits every year, many of which he called frivolous or of marginal merit.

6.   Jackson said he had not called Miss Brawley during the first phase of the case because the defense had no legal burden to prove anything.

7.   Microsoft may have failed to use its court time to best advantage, but that does not lighten the legal burden for the government.

8.   Nevertheless, they asserted that the Constitution gives women the right to choose abortion free of undue legal burdens and harassing protesters.

9.   Outside the court, lawyers for the city and Ms. Messinger said Sharpton had failed to meet the legal burden necessary for a judge to order a runoff.

10.   So far, lawmakers have been reluctant to put heavy legal burdens on the infant Internet economy.