61.   The mid-June consultations between the two sides are part of a formal process that the two countries must participate in as the Japanese case proceeds.

62.   The Supreme Court decision means the class-action case can proceed.

63.   The tobacco companies faced billions of dollars in liability claims if the court had allowed the case to proceed.

64.   The United States District Court for the District of Alaska, Hon. H. Russel Holland, denied the motion, and the case proceeded to trial.

65.   Then Judge Orinda Evans will hold a hearing and rule on whether the case will proceed as a class action.

66.   This case is proceeding like any other sexual case would.

67.   Under the old law, asylum seekers were automatically admitted to the country, even though they were often detained, while their cases proceeded through the legal system.

68.   Prosecutors are still working out how and when the cases will proceed.

69.   A local magistrate asked police to prepare formal charges, but Baumann was deported before the case could proceed.

70.   An agency spokesman said Thursday that it was uncertain whether the case would now proceed.