1.   Although the lower-court proceeding produced thousands of pages of new documents, the special three-judge federal court panel came up with three separate opinions.

2.   An appeals court panel later ruled that Jackson had violated judicial ethics in the speech, but declined to remove him from the case.

3.   Appeals could be filed requesting a so-called en banc hearing before the full appeals court panel in New Orleans and could be filed with the U.S. Supreme Court.

4.   Both a federal judge and a federal appeals court panel in Chicago ruled that the isolated wetlands were subject to the federal law.

5.   A Georgia federal trial judge agreed with Warren, and a three-judge appeals court panel initially upheld that ruling.

6.   A federal appeals court panel dismissed the largest class-action case against the cigarette industry, sending tobacco stocks soaring.

7.   A federal appeals court panel in Washington has scheduled oral arguments for the case at the end of the month, but a decision could take several months.

8.   A federal appeals court panel unanimously dismissed the largest class-action case against the cigarette industry, sending tobacco stocks soaring.

9.   A federal court panel, reviewing the school board fight, said the law is aimed only at assessing the impact of changes in voting procedures.

10.   A federal appeals court panel in New Orleans decertified what was known as the Castano case, the largest class-action suit in history, on Thursday.