11.   Several lower courts had addressed the issue in the meantime.

12.   That court addressed an ethics question in which the Supreme Court has given wide discretion to the lower courts.

13.   The appeals court did not address the substance of the accusations against Starr.

14.   The appeals court did not address whether the police violated the Fourth Amendment.

15.   The appeals court did not address the substance of the accusations against Starr, and its ruling will probably not affect the grand jury investigation.

16.   The building declined too, worn down by the same crimes of drug abuse, graffiti and vandalism that the proposed court would address.

17.   The courts have not addressed the question of whether the governor can, in effect, change laws in budgets, scholars said.

18.   The court did not address whether a gay couple could adopt a child whose parents had relinquished parental rights.

19.   The court has never addressed the question of how a lawsuit growing out of actions an incumbent president took before reaching the White House should be handled.

20.   The court specifically addressed only apportionment, a point the administration has cited in going forward with plans for sampling for other purposes.