31.   Another federal appeals court, in Richmond, Virginia, however, has upheld a similar Virginia statute.

32.   As a federal appeals court judge, Richard Posner has an exalted job, but one held by a few hundred others.

33.   As a former federal appeals judge and the Solicitor General in the Bush administration, Starr commanded respect within the legal profession.

34.   As a member of the state court, Ms. Durham need not travel far from home, but federal appeals judges are obliged to travel throughout the circuit.

35.   Appeals Court Upholds Cable Law A federal appeals court upheld the constitutionality of a law that sets limits on the size of a cable company.

36.   As a federal appeals court decision handed down Tuesday makes clear, however, such changes in thinking have not come easily.

37.   As only Sen. Jesse Helms would remember, the last president to name a Republican from his state to the federal appeals bench was Calvin Coolidge.

38.   As a well-respected lawyer, Stack was not an unreasonable candidate for the federal appeals court, the officials said, but not an especially strong one.

39.   Ashcroft is certain to be questioned closely at his confirmation hearings about his efforts to keep a black judge off another federal appeals court.

40.   At least three federal appeals courts have adopted the position that debt-collectors seeking payment for bad checks must honor the debt-collection law.