51.   In Maryland, a group called the Sons of Confederate Veterans is preparing to sue the state.

52.   In New Mexico, former Mayor Jim Baca of Albuquerque has sued the state to overturn a law that lets residents carry concealed weapons.

53.   In response, Ozzy Osbourne, the headliner of the festival, sued the state.

54.   In recent rulings the court has held that states cannot be sued by their workers under federal age and disability discrimination laws.

55.   In his ruling, Judge William Cahill sided with attorneys for four pregnant women and the city of San Francisco, who had sued the state.

56.   In the landmark case, which was heard in Merrimack County Superior Court in Concord, five school districts with relatively little revenue from property taxes sued the state.

57.   In suing the state Liquor Authority, which enforces the law, the institute argues that the legislation discriminates against sellers and buyers and provides unconstitutional protectionism.

58.   In the original Edgewood case, those suing the state argued that the Texas school finance system was unconstitutional because it discrimated against children who lived in poor districts.

59.   It said it would not sue the state if the tougher standard was set aside.