On Jan. 10, an unidentified judge of the court approved the first new order.

A judge approved the deal in September, but his decision is being appealed.

I'm not so sure the judge would have approved of that.

The judge must still approve 16 separate settlements made over much of the last year.

He said a consultant helped manage the deal, which a judge approved.

A judge approved the release and the documents were released late June 2010.

The plan cleared a final hurdle when a federal judge approved it last week.

A judge must still approve the change, but 95 percent of the requests pass muster.

The judge did not approve of the latter defense.

"Judges overwhelmingly approve of that standard as a basis on which to go about their daily business."