31.   A judge dismissed criminal charges against the sniper.

32.   A judge had dismissed the suit, ruling that only the New York attorney general could sue for breach of charitable gift conditions.

33.   A federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that the groups lacked standing to sue.

34.   A federal judge has dismissed a bitter and protracted lawsuit that accused New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco of turning the Department of Law into a political patronage mill.

35.   A federal judge has dismissed all but one count of a lawsuit filed by a dissident shareholder against McCormick Distilling Co.

36.   A few days later, judges dismissed charges against both Ms. Sorensen and Wardlaw.

37.   A Florida judge dismissed the majority of the claims brought in a class-action health-related lawsuit against tobacco companies.

38.   A hearing could delay a trial still further and might eventually require the judge to dismiss the jurors and begin the months-long process of jury selection again.

39.   A hearing could further delay a trial and might require the judge to dismiss the jurors and restart the months-long process of jury selection.