Word: suits
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...Brown, members of the women's gymnasticsand volleyball teams, which the school cut forlack of funds, filed suit. In April, a federalappeals court ruled in favor of the students andordered Brown to reinstate the teams. Theuniversity is appealing...
...Nine Cornell University athletes, all of themmembers of the women's gymnastics and fencingteams, filed suit saying that the schooleliminated their teams unfairly and that womenthroughout the university are not given ampleopportunity to participate in sports...
...over the summer, Harvard and three otherinvestors filed suit against the MarriottCorporation, hoping to block the company's splitinto a healthy hotel operation and a debt-ladenreal estate division. The University claimed itsnearly $34 million investment in Marriott woulddiminish in value substantially as a result of thesplit...
...source close to the complainant said lastnight that she is considering filing a civil suit.The source, who spoke on condition of anonymity,said a decision on whether to file a suit wouldlikely be reached within a week...
Some cases are literally overrun by attorneys. An example is the Stringfellow Acid pits in Riverside County, California: a 1983 EPA lawsuit -- followed by a civil suit by 3,800 plaintiffs -- targeted more than 200 prps (potentially responsible parties), including McDonnell Douglas, Rockwell International, Northrop Corp. and Weyerhaeuser. In the early stages of the legal battle in the mid-1980s, Riverside County lacked a courthouse that could accommodate the burgeoning stream of lawyers. An old building was converted to a courtroom just to house them. Although a number of corporate defendants have settled with plaintiffs, the site has never been...