Word: appealable
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...Bush can try to appeal his federal case to the U.S. Supreme Court...
...Supreme Court will decide in the next few weeks whether to consider Penry's appeal or send it back to the Texas courts, which would then most likely set a new execution date. The intricacacies of the controversy, however, reportedly elude Penry. Prison officials said that upon learning his life had been spared a second time, Penry asked if he could still eat his "last" meal--cheeseburgers and French fries...
Speedy procurement is just part of the appeal. There are other cost advantages. Because it's expensive to establish contact with small-business customers, vendors are willing to cover all the transaction costs. And letting vendors battle in cyberspace drives the price down for the buyer. At cyberspace auctions, vendors know they have competitors and make every attempt to offer the best price. Auction sites are placing an increasingly high priority on prequalifying vendors, screening out sketchy suppliers and creating an important safety net for small businesses. "Knowing vendors are qualified can save a lot of time and money," says...
Boies is used to cramming. He has struggled with dyslexia since childhood, and memorizes every detail to avoid having to read anything twice. A few days before Thanksgiving 1986, he was recruited to perform one of his most dramatic saves: appealing a jury verdict that assessed Texaco $10.6 billion for busting up the acquisition of Getty by Pennzoil. At the time, he had been tending to his dying mother in Fullerton, Calif. By Dec. 3, he had mastered 30,000 pages of the original trial transcript, and for the duration of the appeal he split his time between federal court...
...background: On Tuesday, Nov. 21, the Florida Supreme Court ruled that the recounts were to continue, and the results were to be included in the final state tally. The Bush legal team immediately filed an appeal to the United States Supreme Court, which agreed to hear opening arguments from both campaigns. And while everyone involved in the case was duly awestruck by the prospect of an audience with the U.S. Supreme Court, the Justices' ultimate decision may end up meaning little, especially when compared to the more immediate and pressing decisions facing Florida's state courts. After all, even through...