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frames- Pictures of rusted oil drums swim into focus , and the female voice purrs , `` That hazardous waste on his -LCB- Mr. Courter 's -RCB- property -- [ARG0 the neighbors] are [rel suing] for [ARG2-for consumer fraud] . ''
- [ARG0 Cartoonist Garry Trudeau] is [rel suing] [ARG1 the Writers Guild of America East] for [ARG3-for $ 11 million *U*] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 alleging 0 it mounted a `` campaign * to harass and punish '' him for * crossing a screenwriters ' picket line] .
- [ARG0 It] acquired Thomas Edison 's microphone patent and [ARGM-TMP then] [ARGM-TMP immediately] [rel sued] [ARG1 the Bell Co.] [ARGM-ADV *-1 claiming that the microphone invented * by my grandfather , Emile Berliner , which *T*-2 had been sold *-144 to Bell for a princely $ 50,000 *U* , infringed upon Western Union 's Edison patent] .
- That sounded a lot like censorship , so [ARGM-TMP after years of letters and conversations that *T*-22 went nowhere] , [ARG0 I] [rel sued] .
- If Congress takes the dispute to the Supreme Court -LRB- *-2 assuming 0 [ARG0 it] can establish standing 0 * to [rel sue] *T*-1 -RRB- , President Bush might win .
- [ARG0 The union] [rel sued] [ARG1 the state] [ARGM-TMP in November 1985] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 alleging that it intentionally segregated job classifications by sex and paid employees in predominantly female jobs less than males in comparable jobs] .
- Lone Star Technologies Inc. said 0 [ARG0 its Lone Star Steel Co. unit] [rel sued] [ARG1 it] [ARGM-LOC in federal court here] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 seeking *-2 to recover an intercompany receivable valued * at a minimum of $ 23 million *U*] .
- [ARG1 General Dynamics] was [rel sued] *-1 by [ARG0-by the families of five Navy divers who *T*-3 were killed *-2 in 1982 after they re-entered a submarine through a diving chamber] .
- [ARG0 The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission] [rel sued] [ARG1 New York state] for [ARG2-for age discrimination against appointed state judges] .
- [ARG0 Ms. Sinatra] [rel sued] over [ARG2-over the use of her `` These Boots are Made *-1 for Walkin ' '' song in the ad] .
- Mr. Guber also says in his affidavit that Mr. Daly `` told us that even if Sony did not want us , Warner 's relationship with us already was irreparably damaged *-1 , that there was no way ` 0 * to put the egg together *T*-2 , ' and that [ARG0 it] [ARGM-MOD would] [rel sue] [ARG1 Sony] for [ARG3-for tons of money] . ''
- [ARGM-ADV As * previously reported *-1] , [ARG0 a member of the Philippines ' House of Representatives] has [rel sued] [ARG3 *-2 to stop the plant] .
- Among the types of cases 0 the in-house litigators handle *T*-2 are *T*-1 disputes involving companies doing business with GM and product-related actions , including one in which [ARG0 a driver] is [rel suing] [ARG1 GM] for [ARG2-for damages resulting from an accident] *T*-3 .
- [ARGM-TMP Earlier this month] , [ARG0 MCI] [rel sued] [ARG1 AT&T] [ARGM-LOC in federal district court] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 claiming that AT&T 's ads are false] .
- Also , as former Reagan antitrust chief Charles Rule has noted 0 *?* , this would `` establish the precedent that the government may charge [ARG1 parties] for the privilege of * being [rel sued] *-1 regardless of whether the government prevails . ''
- And the injunction 0 Judges Miner and Altimari would so readily have granted *T*-1 had [ARG0 New Era] [rel sued] [ARGM-TMP in time] ?
- Bay Financial Corp. , Boston , which *T*-2 has been reporting big losses and warning of a possible bankruptcy-law filing , said 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel sued] *-1 by [ARG0-by a holder] .
- The approach worked well in [ARGM-LOC the recent antitrust case] in which [ARG0 Energy Transportation Systems Inc.] [rel sued] [ARG1 Santa Fe Pacific Corp.] over [ARG2-over the transport of semi-liquefied coal] *T*-1 -- the kind of case likely * to make almost anyone 's eyes glaze over .
- [ARG0 Ms. Garratt] [rel sued] [ARG1 the Dallas apparel maker] [ARGM-TMP earlier this year] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 charging that Jerell developed and marketed clothing lines fashioned * after her designs , in violation of their contract] .
- `` Lloyd 's is on the ropes , '' says *T*-2 Peter Nutting , a Lloyd 's investor for 17 years who *T*-1 now leads [ARG0 a dissident group] threatening * to [rel sue] [ARG1 exchange underwriters] for [ARG2-for alleged mismanagement and negligence] .
- [ARG1 Shearson] was [rel sued] *-1 by [ARG0-by money manager George Soros , who *T*-3 claimed 0 one of his funds was defrauded *-2 out of $ 60 million *U* during stock-index futures trading just after the 1987 crash] .
- [ARG0 MGM\/UA] has [rel sued] [ARG1 Qintex Australia] for [ARG2-for breach of contract and fraud] [ARGM-CAU over the collapsed acquisition agreement] , and Qintex Australia has threatened a countersuit .
- Hitachi made the reverse-engineering charges in an amendment to a counterclaim filed * in a federal district court in Texas after [ARG0 Motorola] [rel sued] [ARG1 Hitachi] for [ARG2-for patent violation] .
- [ARG0 Pennzoil] had [rel sued] [ARG1 Texaco] for [ARG2-for *-1 improperly interfering with its acquisition of a portion of Getty Oil Co] .
- In an effort * to determine whether [ARG0 a caller] has reason 0 * to [rel sue] *T*-2 , Cane lawyers review documents and perform research , if necessary , with the help of three law clerks and several support staffers .
- In addition , [ARG0 Illinois attorneys] will lose the right * to [rel sue] [ARG1 clients who *T*-1 file malicious complaints against them] .
- Mr. Peterson says 0 the suits against him are less a measure of his work than they are a `` sign of the times '' in which [ARG0 people] generally are more prone * to [rel sue] *T*-1 .
- [ARG0 The state] has [rel sued] [ARG1 these charities] [ARGM-LOC in state court] , [ARGM-ADV *-3 complaining that much of the money was grossly misspent *-1 ; 82 % , says Mr. Ormstedt , went to fund raisers and most of the rest to the people who *T*-2 ran the charities and to their relatives -- for fur coats , trips to Florida , Lucullan restaurant tabs] .
- [ARG0 The state of Illinois] is [rel suing] [ARG1 the charity *ICH*-2] for [ARG2-for fraud] [ARGM-LOC in Chicago] , along with Telesystems Marketing Inc. , its Houston-based fund raiser .
- [ARG0 Attorneys general in several states , including Illinois ,] are [ARGM-TMP already] [rel suing] [ARG1 Watson & Hughey Co. , an Alexandria , Va.-based outfit that they say 0 *T*-1 has used deceptive sweepstakes ads *-2 to solicit donations for the American Heart Disease Foundation and the Cancer Fund of America] .
- [ARG0 Mr. Hoelzer] , [ARGM-DIS however] , [rel sued] [ARG1 Stamford] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 claiming that the city had abandoned the artwork and that it had waited too long *-2 to reclaim it] .
- [ARGM-DIS Therefore] , [ARG1 engineering firms , construction contractors and developers] [ARGM-MOD can] be [rel sued] *-1 for [ARG2-for *-4 not keeping structures up to standard] , and government agencies can be held *-2 accountable for * failing *-5 to properly protect citizens from such a foreseeable disaster , if negligence can be proven *-3 .
- For now , says 0 *T*-4 Laurence Drivon , president-elect of the 6,000-member California Trial Lawyers Association , `` the last thing 0 we really need *-2 to worry about *T*-1 is whether [ARG1 anybody] is going *-3 to get [rel sued] , or whether they have liability or not .
- [ARG0 Former Democratic fund-raiser Thomas M. Gaubert , whose savings and loan *T*-3 was wrested *-2 from his control by federal thrift regulators ,] has been granted *-1 court permission * to [rel sue] [ARG1 the regulators] .
- `` It does establish a very clear precedent for [ARG0 *] [rel suing] [ARG1 the FHLBB] where there was none before *T*-1 . ''
- [ARG0 The government] , [ARGM-ADV *-1 campaigning against fixed brokerage commissions] , [ARGM-MNR promptly] [rel sued] [ARG1 the CBOE] over [ARG2-over its minimum-fee system] .
- [ARGM-TMP When] [ARG0 Mr. Trump] [rel sued] [ARG1 Bally] *T*-1 , he sued only on behalf of himself .
- [ARGM-TMP When Mr. Trump sued Bally *T*-1] , [ARG0 he] [rel sued] [ARGM-MNR only on behalf of himself] .
- But lawyers said 0 Mr. Steinberg probably faced much more potential liability because , [ARGM-TMP when] [ARG0 he] [rel sued] [ARG1 Disney] [ARGM-TMP during his takeover battle] *T*-1 , he filed on behalf of all shareholders .
- [ARG0 Glenn and Sharon Beebe of Cincinnati] had [rel sued] [ARG1 the com - pany] [ARGM-TMP in 1981] [ARGM-TMP after *-1 installing Burlington carpets in their office] .
- Embittered shareholders -LRB- [ARG0 some] of whom *T*-2 are [rel suing] -RRB- say 0 the chairman and his collection epitomize the excesses of speculation that *T*-1 set off the national S&L crisis .
- The initiative creates [ARG0 a free floating state environmental officer] 0 *T*-3 to [rel sue] [ARG1 companies or government agencies that *T*-1 do things 0 he does n't like *T*-2] .
- If *-2 passed *-1 by the voters , the recently announced initiative would phase out major pesticides , reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 40 % , ban new offshore drilling , ban chemicals thought * to deplete the ozone layer , and create [ARG0 a new state environmental officer] armed * with [ARGM-ADV a $ 40 million *U* budget] 0 * to [rel sue] [ARG1 any firm or agency 0 he thinks 0 *T*-4 is being too dirty] *T*-3 .
- [ARG0 NASA] [ARGM-MOD should] [ARGM-TMP now] [rel sue] for [ARG3-for fines against all three politico-plaintiffs , foreign and domestic , for * bringing this mischievous case] .
- [ARG0 Warner] [rel sued] [ARG1 Sony and Guber-Peters] [ARGM-TMP late last week] ; Sony and Guber-Peters have countersued , *-2 charging Warner with * attempting *-1 to interfere in Sony 's acquisition of the two companies .
- Information International Inc. said 0 [ARG1 it] was [rel sued] *-1 by [ARG0-by a buyer of its computerized newspaper-publishing system , alleging that the company failed *-2 to correct deficiencies in the system] .
- [ARG0 The government] [rel sued] [ARG1 the company] [ARGM-TMP in April] , [ARGM-ADV * seeking $ 23,000 *U* and other unspecified damages related * to an alleged contract-steering scheme] .