11.   Blessing emphasized that Boys Ranch has a right to appeal, and it can remain open while the case is pending.

12.   Both cases are pending, with each side trying to get the fight transferred to its preferred battleground.

13.   Both cases are pending.

14.   Both cases are pending before a county judge.

15.   A child endangerment case is pending.

16.   A grand jury last week indicted Smykay on a sexual assault charge The case is pending in District Court.

17.   A hotel spokesman referred queries on the issue to a lawyer, who said he could not comment while the case was pending.

18.   A separate case already pending before the justices challenges a different set of federal rules that restrict indecent programs on public-access cable television channels.

19.   A separate patent case is pending with Alliance Research Corp., which bought the partnership.

20.   A second arbitration case was pending when Claiborne and Unite settled last spring.