51.   Berenson said he has asked for an immediate hearing and he will appeal to a federal appeals court if the judge does not grant that request.

52.   Berzon, an expert in labor law, has specialized in federal appeals cases.

53.   Berzon, who specializes in federal appeals cases and sits on the board of the American Civil Liberties Union, was nominated more than two years ago.

54.   Between now and then, there will be briefs to a federal appeals court, and the U.S. Supreme Court, and a state commutation hearing.

55.   Both a federal judge and a federal appeals court panel in Chicago ruled that the isolated wetlands were subject to the federal law.

56.   -- A federal appeals court Tuesday upheld the expulsion of a midshipman from the U.S. Naval Academy who had acknowledged that he was homosexual.

57.   A case argued before the federal appeals court in Boston on Tuesday will help answer that question.

58.   A Chicago-based federal appeals court refused to let those cases proceed.

59.   A Chicago-based federal appeals court threw out the suit.