Leonard Koerner, the chief of the city Law Department's appeals division, said in a statement: "We strongly disagree with the court's decision.

"I am sure we can make the case," wrote John Price, then head of the agency's appeals division, in an e-mail message to Mr. Maxwell.

Her father retired as an accountant in the appeals division, in Mineola, N.Y., of the Internal Revenue Service.

Her father is a lawyer in the appeals division of the New York City Law Department in Manhattan.

This year, one prize morphed into three, recognizing the leaders of the appeals division of the Law Department.

She stayed there for the next nine years, becoming chief of the appeals division.

He was assistant corporation counsel of the city of Chicago, serving as head of the appeals division and public improvement division 1937-1944.

At the ICC, Judge Kourula is a member of the appeals division, a position he has held since his election to the court.

"Negotiations are continuing, and we are hopeful the matter will be resolved amicably and shortly," Len Koerner, chief of the appeals division, said in a statement.

"I had hoped the appeals division would determine where the boundary lines are," Mr. Reale said.