61.   Lawyers for the government and the news media are supposed to file briefs Friday explaining to the appeals court why they believe the depositions should be open.

62.   Krinick said no briefs were filed on behalf of the landlord.

63.   Late last month, a rainbow coalition of groups filed a brief in US District Court to oppose the suit by the white families.

64.   Leading professors of constitutional law and foreign relations law filed a brief in that case asking the court to reject presidential claims of broad unilateral power to make war.

65.   Many business groups filed briefs urging the justices to overturn the decision, as did the Clinton administration.

66.   Many of the same groups that filed briefs in the Borders case have filed briefs in the Denver case.

67.   Microsoft spokesman Jim Cullinan said the prosecutors, in a conference call with Jackson, had asked for a chance to file another brief in the landmark case.

68.   Microsoft will file its brief in the case on Monday.

69.   Moderate Republicans and Democrats in Congress have also filed a brief, pressing the justices to uphold the Missouri law.

70.   Microsoft immediately appealed, and both sides have been filing briefs with the appeals court in recent months.