1.   Judge Morrison slid right past the apparent attempt to defraud his court with a forged letter.

2.   The judge rejected the contention of defense lawyers that the withholding amounted to an intentional effort to defraud the court.

3.   A rival sued and the U.S. Supreme Court set a precedent in ruling it was an attempt to defraud the court.

4.   EXPATRIATE civil servants, who allege government officials defrauded the courts during the long-running battle over localisation, have lost a last-ditch bid to reopen the case.