21.   A state appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Museum of Modern Art cannot return two Egon Schiele paintings to Austria until a criminal investigation into their ownership is concluded.

22.   A state appeals court upheld the conviction, endorsing the note-taking, as did the Court of Appeals.

23.   A state appeals court decided Thursday that Newark could not include a presidential straw poll on its November election ballot, ruling that it would violate New Jersey law.

24.   A state appeals court has ruled that a golfer can be held responsible for any injuries if others nearby do not get ample warning.

25.   A state appeals court in California recently ruled the other way in a separate case, and the question is likely to reach the Supreme Court again.

26.   A state appeals court in Florida declared the policy unconstitutional as a violation of the right to privacy guaranteed by the Florida Constitution.

27.   A state appeals court reaffirmed the law last May after the Mercer County Republican Party Committee sought to nullify seven absentee ballots cast from Trenton State Psychiatric Hospital.

28.   A state appeals court ruled in March that keno is the legal equivalent of a slot machine.

29.   A state appeals court ruled the amendment unconstitutional, and the Arizona Supreme Court agreed.

30.   A state appeals court upheld that ruling.