1. The appellate panel might not be the last stop for these four states.

2. That case is still tied up and awaiting decision by a New York appellate court later this year.

3. The Friday order says that the contempt order would be subject to appellate review.

4. That award was overturned by an appellate court, which ordered a new trial.

5. Two gay and two straight couples sued Davis, who lost at the district and appellate court levels.

6. The Supreme Court, which is an appellate body, initially refused to hear it.

7. It's the same conclusion that a panel of appellate judges reached last year.