1.   Both air transport associations have filed documents seeking DOT approval.

2.   But those dreams were dashed when a judge blocked officials from distributing applications after a vendor association filed suit to prevent the city from issuing the permits.

3.   Commissioner Bud Selig denied that request in December, but the players association filed a grievance.

4.   Fine said the association originally filed the lawsuit because state lawmakers were not passing the budget on time or passing emergency legislation to fund government.

5.   In Arizona, an association can file a complaint against a homeowner in Maricopa County Superior Court.

6.   In February, the advertiser association filed a supporting brief with the Supreme Court, urging that the Massachusetts regulations be overturned.

7.   Last month, the association filed a class-action lawsuit charging that the police disciplinary units had systematically discriminated against minority and female officers.

8.   The association has also filed an action on behalf of a free agent who was released this summer after being told he had a bruised knee.

9.   The alarm association recently filed motions with the FCC to block the deal.

10.   The association filed a brief with the Supreme Court in support of binding arbitration agreements, as did other business interests, including Dell Computer Corp.