1.   Last year the court narrowed the scope of affirmative action programs that give minorities preference in such matters as employment and education.

2.   And the court has also narrowed the application of the so-called exclusionary rule by which evidence improperly seized by police may not be used in court.

3.   For many years now our courts have been narrowing, not expanding, their reading of constitutional protections for those accused of crime.

4.   In effect, the court has substantially narrowed the definition of insiders.

5.   Last Tuesday, a divided court narrowed the ADA in employment cases by ruling that disabled state workers could not seek damages for discrimination under federal law.

6.   Over the years, courts have narrowed the definition of custody, the situation in which an officer must give the warnings.

7.   The death penalty is not cruel and unusual punishment, per se, but the courts have narrowed considerably the instances where it can be imposed and carried out.

8.   Affecting any negotiations, the appeals court narrowed some of the findings of violations against Microsoft and sent them to a new trial judge.

9.   The court narrowed the antitrust case and sent it to a new judge to decide whether a breakup or some other penalty is warranted.