61.   The two-year statute of limitations expired Sunday, but courts accepted the cases because the limit fell on the weekend.

62.   These were among the other cases the court accepted Wednesday.

63.   This case was one of nine new appeals the court accepted Tuesday.

64.   This case was one of nine new appeals the court accepted Tuesday, in advance of the official opening of the term.

65.   This is the third case involving sexual abuse or harassment that the court has accepted for decision this term, and it may not be the last.

66.   Yet the court will be accepting cases for several more months.

67.   After the session ended, one of the defense lawyers said he has no idea whether the court will accept their request for fewer trial dates each month.

68.   But Long cited court rules and previous cases to argue that the court might accept the appeal on the strength of only three votes.

69.   But the court accepted only one confession, of a policeman who said he killed two people.

70.   But the court accepted only one confession from a policeman who said he killed two people.