1.   City Clerk Kathy Detrick says her office is now accepting written arguments on the pro and con sides of the ballot props.

2.   An administrative law judge in San Francisco heard oral arguments last fall, and final written arguments are being completed.

3.   Carlos Cazon, the judge who made the announcement, said the court would provide written arguments next week.

4.   Each side has a team of lawyers who are preparing their final written arguments, now that the courtroom theater is over.

5.   Final written arguments were presented Friday after three weeks of testimony.

6.   He gave attorneys the week to submit written arguments.

7.   His lawyers spent the weekend preparing written arguments for Jack Straw, the British home secretary, due by the close of business on Monday.

8.   In his written arguments to the court, Solicitor General Seth P. Waxman told the justices that the law simply strengthened and made explicit those limits.

9.   Ito said he would rule on whether to make any personnel or other confidential records available after reading written arguments.

10.   Judge Gail Brooks Rice of New Rochelle city court heard the bird feeder case on Friday and gave the lawyers two weeks to submit written arguments.