51.   If Clinton wants to support the ACLU position immediately, the administration must file a brief Wednesday in the U.S. District Court in San Francisco.

52.   In agreeing Thursday to take jurisdiction of the case, the justices instructed the federal government to file a brief and make its views known.

53.   In filing court briefs, lawyers routinely use the page numbers in West books to cite where court decisions can be found.

54.   In the critical next step in the appeals process, the Clinton administration is scheduled to file a brief on Monday.

55.   In the Jones case, the Justice Department is preparing to file a brief as a friend of the court.

56.   Industry groups representing booksellers and librarians have filed briefs in support of Randall.

57.   It is unusual, although not unprecedented, for the Justice Department to file a brief in a lower court case that does not directly involve a federal statute.

58.   Last week, the plaintiffs filed briefs asking that the court immediately bar the city from such enforcement of the ordinance.

59.   Law-enforcement organizations that had filed briefs in the case regarded the outcome as a substantial victory.

60.   Lawrence Lessig, a Harvard University law professor, is also scheduled to file a brief Tuesday.