1.   Both CSX and Aetna released statements Tuesday denouncing the suit as lacking legal merit.

2.   A Justice Department spokeswoman declined comment except to say the government was fighting the claim, which she said lacked merit.

3.   A spokesman for The New England predicted the court would eventually find that the lawsuit lacks merit.

4.   But Fyfe contended that many complaints in these cities lack merit, coming from petty criminals not used to being hassled by police.

5.   But Piven, of Human SERVE, said that arguement lacked merit because other states had registered so many voters at public assistance offices.

6.   Delta, which said the suit lacks merit, uses a Plexiglas template to restrict the size of bags that pass through its X-ray machines.

7.   He said investigators also think they are wasting time pursuing harassment complaints that clearly lack merit.

8.   He said that U.S. district judges have many options, under existing rules, for weeding out cases that lack merit.

9.   Nine of his investigators, who insisted that they not be identified, said they were told to keep pursuing cases even after concluding that the cases lacked merit.

10.   Rafeedie argued that some of the claims constituted an abuse of the legal process because they were presented too late, and that others lacked merit.