1.   Even the pretrial depositions could prove embarrassing and politically damaging if, as is likely, they were released to the public.

2.   A federal appeals court ruled Wednesday that pretrial depositions could resume without reporters present.

3.   During pretrial depositions, however, Patty Smith said her involvement with the restaurant operation was minimal.

4.   In court testimony and pretrial depositions, several patrol members have insisted that a few years ago their orders went too far.

5.   Senior Koch officials conceded during the trial and in pretrial depositions that the company made mistakes.

6.   Some school officials have testified during pretrial depositions in the malpractice case that they had been told Lewis and another player tested positive for cocaine.

7.   Amazon Bookstore said that such matters are irrelevant and that its owners should not have to answer such questions, which were posed during pretrial depositions last month.