21.   And the families of missing stowaways Singorzan and Danciu have filed suit in Houston demanding that the issue be resolved in US civil courts.

22.   At that point, the investors turned the case over to prosecutors and moved in civil court to have the Schwartzes declared bankrupt.

23.   Attorneys for Mike Demoulas had hoped to use a victory in federal civil court to overturn the state court verdicts.

24.   Baker questioned whether the prosecutors, who failed to obtain a conviction, knew from the start that the civil court was unaware of the possible conflict.

25.   Because Sgt. Maj. Hoster is retired, she is the only accuser who can be pursued in civil court.

26.   A former Ethiopian prison guard was granted citizenship even after a civil court in Georgia ruled that he had tortured women in his country.

27.   A manufacturer could be sued in civil court for the criminal misuse of its product, he said.

28.   According to Lehman, who worked on both the Stepsun case and the RUN-DMC case, the bankruptcy courts are much faster than the civil courts.

29.   Acquittal in the criminal trial actually complicates his situation in civil court.

30.   Aided by new laws passed by Congress, the suit is part of a growing number of actions in civil court taken against anti-abortion activists.