31.   GM declined to comment on the pending case.

32.   Hallinan should have consulted with defense attorneys before approaching the judge about a pending case, Cahill said.

33.   He also still faces charges, including tax evasion, in other pending cases.

34.   He instituted a system of triage both for pending cases and new complaints.

35.   He predicted the problems would not last long because of other pending cases that would result in settlements.

36.   He would keep the heat on accused violators of civil rights laws and press pending cases ahead.

37.   Howard Strong, an attorney in suburban Reseda who is representing plaintiffs in several pending cases against companies including Zales, believes merchants choose to ignore the law.

38.   In Britain such comments on pending cases were, and still are, treated by judges as contempt, punishable by fines and imprisonment.

39.   In a pending North Carolina case, the justices will reconsider the very constitutionality of executing the retarded.

40.   In June, an appellate panel ruled that criminal defendants in pending cases could introduce evidence of racial profiling to seek dismissals.