1.   A suit was filed late last month in Brooklyn federal court seeking to abolish the district.

2.   That case, in which the pension fund sought to recover its investment in Home Savings Association, was dismissed on the grounds it was filed too late.

3.   That helped the defense team change its mind, according to a motion filed late last month.

4.   The city did not ask for a specific amount in damages in the lawsuit, which Giuliani had been threatening to file starting late last week.

5.   Company officials declined to comment on the lawsuit, filed late last week, because they had not seen it.

6.   The contempt charge, filed late last year, began a political and judicial imbroglio that had many people in Pakistan fearing a military takeover.

7.   The Sentinel and the Sun-Sentinel of South Florida challenged the constitutionality of the new law in a lawsuit filed late last month.