21.   A federal trial judge upheld the requirements, as did a divided panel of a Washington-based appeals court.

22.   A federal trial judge, however, sided with Boerne, and declared RFRA unconstitutional.

23.   A Georgia federal trial judge agreed with Warren, and a three-judge appeals court panel initially upheld that ruling.

24.   A companion proposal, to begin the process of opening federal criminal trials to television coverage, was defeated on a voice vote after little discussion, Sellers said.

25.   A federal trial court and the Cincinnati-based U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit disagreed.

26.   A federal trial court initially issued a court order holding off enforcement of the law.

27.   A federal trial court sided with the government, saying Congress had the power to authorize the Interior Secretary to hold land in trust for Native American tribes.

28.   A federal trial court threw out the lawsuit, and the appeals court agreed.

29.   A federal trial judge ruled that the teams lost their antitrust immunity when they declared a bargaining impasse.

30.   A federal trial judge sided with Tristar, and said the lawsuit could proceed.