91.  A federal appeals court struck down the plan, in a stinging opinion that accused the Forest Service of favoring timber interests over recreational uses of national forest land.

92.  A federal appeals court struck down the Texas law, but another federal appeals court upheld a very similar law adopted in Illinois.

93.  A federal appeals court today halted the start of contentious new federal rules designed to open local phone markets to competition.

94.  A federal appeals court Tuesday ruled that the government cannot require the National Endowment for the Arts to consider prevailing standards of decency in making grants to artists.

95.  A federal appeals court upheld broad application of the Superfund environmental cleanup law, reversing a lower court ruling that struck down key portions of the statute.

96.  A federal appeals court upheld the decision.

97.  A federal appeals court upheld the search last year, saying the passenger should not have expected that his luggage in the rack would stay completely private.

98.  A federal appeals court, however, ruled in December that the city could not use race in assigning students to Boston Latin School.

99.  A federal appeals court, however, said Lundell did not qualify as a public figure, and could win libel damages under looser legal standards.

100.  A federal trial court and a Richmond, Virginia-based federal appeals court both upheld the Navy action.