51.   The opinion was written by District Court Judge John F. Keenan, who sat by special designation on the appeals panel.

52.   The opinion was written by Presiding Judge Sheldon H. Weisberg.

53.   The opinion was written by Judge Thomas J. Meskill and supported by Judge Frank X. Altimari.

54.   The senior justice in the majority assigns a justice to write an opinion the following week.

55.   The senior justice in the majority will either write the opinion himself or assign it to another justice.

56.   The unanimous opinion was written by Justice Stevens.

57.   There is little chance of a reversal, given the composition of the supreme court and the fact that the chief justice wrote the opinion.

58.   They wrote an opinion overturning the Luttig order.

59.   Thomas has assiduously worked around this limitation by writing concurring opinions that speak only for himself.

60.   Thomas wrote the opinion.