41.   The case against Jakes and Lenart was handed back to police investigators twice before a court would accept it.

42.   The case, an appeal by Alaska, was the third case that the court has accepted in recent months on approaches to dealing with sex offenders.

43.   The court accepted for review a dispute between a small town near San Antonio and a Roman Catholic archbishop, who wants to expand his cathedral there.

44.   The case the court accepted, for argument next fall, is an appeal by the state of Minnesota.

45.   The cases the court accepted on Friday are not likely to be argued until next January because the court already has enough cases to fill its fall calendar.

46.   The court accepted an appeal by the Clinton administration in a case that has drawn attention from environmentalists and landowners.

47.   The court accepted new evidence against the party but delayed a decision for what could be several months.

48.   The court accepted the case on an unusually expedited schedule.

49.   The court accepted the recommendation, though the former couple have alternate custody of the girls, in six-month intervals.

50.   The court did accept one part of the Baby Bell argument.