61.   Last week the Columbia couple asked a state appeals court in Kansas City to allow them to keep the girl.

62.   Last December, Maas suffered a legal setback when a state appeals court affirmed the dismissal of six of his eight claims against the university.

63.   Last year, a state appeals court in San Jose came to the same conclusion.

64.   Last week, however, a five-judge state appeals panel of the Appellate Division said the case was anything but clear-cut and overturned the conviction.

65.   Lilly spokesman Ed West said the company is considering asking the state appeals court to order the judge in the trial, John Potter, off the case.

66.   Magee was ordered by a state appeals court this week to determine whether notice was adequate.

67.   Many of these seven defendants have filed other state appeals.

68.   Meanwhile, on the same day, another state appeals court issued another ruling that sends a related and equally important message.

69.   Mere election day confusion is not a sufficient impediment to the voters, the state appeals court has ruled.

70.   On Monday the state appeals court in Spokane decreed that a rare investigative hearings be held for Doris Green.