The issue focused on a group of women that had filed an amicus brief in the case, which is now being heard by the Supreme Court. It was not clear when that would be heard. The following information comes from the United States Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit's opinion in United States ex rel. Pascucci v. United States, 523 U.S. 542 (1998). It is not an opinion; rather, it is based upon oral argument in a trial court. A trial