Word: suit
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...team knows the specifics of her claim, the sources said, they believe it can be easily disproved. The sources also tell TIME that Bennett will take depositions about Jones' employment history (Was she really hurt by turning down the Governor of Arkansas?) and her right-wing backers (Is her suit really aimed at clearing her name or at destroying public trust in Clinton for political purposes?). If push comes to shove, Bennett has said, a trial would leave Jones more embarrassed than the President, a not-so-gentle hint that she might be revealed as something other than a chaste...
...another about an almighty hangover one of them has shown up with, about a flashy woman in a gaudy car, about a pup one of them is trying to sell: "I ain't sure that is a dog, boys. My opinion, that's a possum in a dog suit...
...state senator known for his regular antics on a donkey, who hired lawyer Marvin Mitchelson, later of palimony fame. As Mitchelson's interrogatories began chipping into valuable White House time, J.F.K.'s lawyers tried a now familiar tactic. They argued that the Commander in Chief was temporarily protected from suit under the Soldiers' and Sailors' Civil Relief Act of 1940. A California court rejected the argument. Shortly thereafter, J.F.K. settled. Bailey's award...
...students again brought suit, resulting in a court decision that summer which declared that rules mandating a specific time of residence in a city are illegal...
...Magistrate Willie J. Davis rules in favor of most of the Harvard students who brought suit against the Cambridge Board of Election Commission, deciding that in the case of 21 of 24 plaintiffs, the board had not produced adequate evidence to deny them their right to vote in the city...