11.   The justices refused to consider challenges to a lower-court ruling, which said politicians should be able to take their complaints to a state court.

12.   The justices refused to consider her appeal of a lower-court ruling, which said the bank had legitimate business reasons for the firing.

13.   The justices refused to review a Georgia Supreme Court decision upholding the ordinance.

14.   The justices refused to hear challenges to two Baltimore ordinances banning advertisements for cigarettes and liquor on billboards in residential neighborhoods.

15.   --The justices refused to stop the state of Ohio from taxing profits on the sale of U.S. Treasury bonds.

16.   The justices today refused to hear the case.

17.   The justices refused to consider an appeal by Caltex Petroleum Corp., a joint venture of Chevron Corp. and Texaco Inc.

18.   The justices today refused to consider an appeal by the FEC.

19.   The nine justices refused to hear an appeal by Byrnes and Richard Otto, an ex-LCI vice president in charge of special projects.

20.   The nine justices today refused to hear an appeal by a group that lost benefits because of the action.