31.   Any day now, the geniuses who run baseball are going to accept the court ruling that they cannot whack the Minnesota Twins this year.

32.   Appeals from decisions by the Supreme Court not to review lower court rulings are rarely successful.

33.   Arkansas state officials have challenged an appeals court ruling that granted broad tax-exempt status to the farm-credit groups, which help farmers obtain short-term loans.

34.   At the meeting, the environmentalists said, the officials clearly signaled a threat to the court ruling last October.

35.   At the state level, separate court rulings will be needed to strike many programs from the books, because state officials cannot simply declare a statute void.

36.   At least five other local death-penalty cases could be touched by the court ruling.

37.   Attorney General John Cornyn, representing the Senate, said the secret vote appeared unlikely unless the state Supreme Court overturns the lower court ruling early today.

38.   Attorney General John J. Farmer Jr. had sought the rehearing after the court deadlocked last month on his appeal of a lower court ruling.

39.   Banks, through court rulings and regulatory changes, can now engage in a limited amount of insurance and securities activities.

40.   Attorneys for the Indians said the court ruling meant they could circumvent the states and open a gambling facility if they received permission directly from the Interior Department.