1.   Currently, federal courts tend to refuse to take such cases until all local and state court appeals are finished.

2.   The Supreme Court will not hear the case until next fall.

3.   This afternoon the judge adjourned the case until tomorrow morning.

4.   Baker worked the case until late last year.

5.   A judge postponed the case until next month, requesting more evidence.

6.   A police guard watched the case until it was surrounded by other cargo containers.

7.   A spokeswoman for Philip Morris, the largest cigarette maker, said it would not comment on the case until after the punitive-damages phase was completed.

8.   But federal officials say they will not make a decision whether to pursue that case until after the Sacramento trial.

9.   But because several items remain unresolved, he put off opening statements in the case until Monday.