In a sound ruling last week, a federal judge in Illinois rebuffed this flimsy argument.

August 1987: A Federal judge rebuffs a Lilco challenge to the power authority and declares the agency constitutional.

The judge rebuffed the Government and ruled that the duty of the press to inform the public had "overwhelming weight" against potential Government embarrassment from scandal.

LEAD: A judge rebuffed defense pleas today and ordered that Christian Brando remain in jail on a murder charge.

Mr. Benedict also noted that the presiding judge had rebuffed Mr. Sherman's efforts to obtain at least two of the documents at trial.

Those specifications were enacted after a federal judge rebuffed the department's efforts last summer to close a Texas meat-processing plant based on random salmonella tests the department had conducted.

In affirming the guidelines, the judge rebuffed a challenge by a group of states and cities led by New York City.

The department adopted the new specifications after a federal judge rebuffed its efforts to implement random tests for salmonella at a Texas meat-processing plant.

The judge had rebuffed an earlier attempt to transfer the case without federal claims.

But last week, a federal judge rebuffed the attempt and sent the case back to state court.