21.   The Supreme Court justices refused, however, to apply their decision to the Riverside case before them, saying it would be unfair to enforce the decision retroactively.

22.   Without comment, the nine justices refused to hear the case of Rodney LeVake, a high school biology teacher from Minnesota.

23.   Without comment, the justices refused to hear constitutional challenges to two Baltimore ordinances banning advertisements for cigarettes and liquor on billboards in residential neighborhoods.

24.   A Supreme Court justice refused Monday to intervene in the case of a comatose Florida woman whose parents want to keep her feeding tube in place.

25.   A Russian Supreme Court justice has refused to release a military journalist convicted of treason pending his appeal, a defense lawyer said Tuesday.

26.   Bush was rebuffed at mid-day by the state Supreme Court, where the justices refused to halt the recount to give time for the federal courts to rule.

27.   On Wednesday, six Supreme Court justices refused to take the oath, which would shield the military from legal action.

28.   Other supreme court justices refused to give office keys to Alfred Veldema, whom Wijdenbosh appointed chief justice in July.

29.   The Gore campaign asked the state Supreme Court on Thursday to order the recount reopened in Miami-Dade, but the justices refused.

30.   The Gore campaign asked the state Supreme Court to order the recount reopened in Miami-Dade, but the justices refused.