31.   Buchanan, who hopes to win the Reform Party nod, filed his petition personally.

32.   But BellSouth has said it intends to file a petition to offer long-distance service in Louisiana soon.

33.   But he filed a petition seeking an order to set him free, arguing that he was illegally arrested.

34.   But the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that Gilmore was competent and that his mother therefore had no standing to file the petition.

35.   But when Gibson filed his petition, he no longer had a lawyer.

36.   By that time, state Attorney General Winston Bryant had filed a petition in a state court to remove Tucker from office on the basis of his criminal convictions.

37.   Chaney said organizers plan to file petitions on that day, and ballots will be sent to eligible mechanics in March.

38.   CNN next week will file a petition with the U.S. Supreme Court to televise live its hearing on the Florida presidential voting and counting process.

39.   CNN will file the petition on its own, without the other television networks.

40.   Dairy Mart filed voluntary petitions for bankruptcy in an effort to buy time needed to reorganize the company, Landry said.