51.   The state has sued the club, and the litigation has quickly turned into an odd quarrel over how high deer can jump.

52.   The state later sued to cancel the contract.

53.   The state Republican Party even sued the governor, claiming that the use of public money for political purposes ran afoul of the state constitution.

54.   The state sued the tobacco industry to recover taxpayer money spent on treating sick smokers, the third state to reach a settlement of such a suit.

55.   The states are suing to recoup public money that paid for treating smoking-related illnesses.

56.   To cover the costs of plugging the wells, the state has sued some oil producers for hundreds of thousands of dollars.

57.   Twenty-two states are suing the tobacco companies, seeking reimbursement for funds they spend on indigent citizens who contracted diseases from smoking.

58.   Twenty-two states are suing the tobacco companies, trying to make them pay the cost of treating poor people under Medicaid for smoking-related ailments.

59.   Twenty-two states are suing the tobacco companies seeking to recoup billions in state costs treating smoking related illnesses in the poor and indigent.

60.   While three other states have sued the tobacco industry in the last year to recoup Medicaid costs, none has had the backing of a state law.