21.   The fact that Ms. Messinger is a political candidate running for mayor is irrelevant to her ability to request information, the judge wrote.

22.   The judge wrote that even with his ruling, the executives were well rewarded for their efforts.

23.   The judge wrote that Plunkett spent agonizing weeks in the hospital and was left with a shortened leg that has curtailed his previously athletic way of life.

24.   The judge wrote that the military mistakenly returned the painting to someone thought to have owned it before the war.

25.   The judge wrote that the song was at least partly about Mrs. Parks and was not being used simply in a marketing or advertising campaign.

26.   The language in the performance pay contract was straightforward, the judge wrote, ruling solely on the basis of pleadings from both sides.

27.   The judge wrote that her decision was based on testimony that white officers used a racial epithet to refer to a station with a number of black troopers.

28.   The judge wrote that the documents were often reviewed only by nonlawyers at the law firm.

29.   The judge wrote that while Trinity is owed money by Boo.com, it does not deserve all the proceeds from the sale of any asset.

30.   The Mesa juvenile court judge even wrote a book about it.