41.   Attorney General Janet Reno, head of the Justice Department, is scheduled to discuss the case with reporters Thursday morning.

42.   At the FBI, a representative would not discuss individual cases.

43.   Attorneys for Gutmann and his co-plaintiffs have declined to discuss the case.

44.   Authorities in New Jersey on Friday declined to discuss the case or comment on further seizures of illegally shipped wine.

45.   Ayers, in a brief conversation at the Peter J. Pitchess Detention Center in Saugus, declined to discuss the case.

46.   Atkins forbade both the jury and the lawyers to discuss the case.

47.   Barnett said in an interview he was prohibited from discussing the case, citing attorney-client privilege.

48.   Barnard, now retired, also declined to discuss the case.

49.   Because the Meador family has refused to discuss the case, it was not known whether Mrs. Cook knew that the letters were in the house.

50.   Before adjourning the hearing until Monday, Van Nuys Superior Court Judge Stanley Weisberg issued a gag order that bars attorneys and all participants from discussing the case publicly.