1.   A Spanish judge rejected the suit on procedural grounds.

2.   An attempt to put the tighter deadlines into effect last year was blocked by another judge on procedural grounds.

3.   And while industry lawyers said they were confident that a higher Florida court would dissolve the class-action cases on procedural grounds, other experts are not sure.

4.   Any appeal to the Supreme Court can only be on procedural grounds, not on the decision itself, he said.

5.   Bankruptcy Judge John Ryan dismissed the suit yesterday on procedural grounds, but said the county could file an amended complaint against Merrill next week.

6.   Bondurant noted that a number of challenges brought by inmates on death row have been thrown out on procedural grounds.

7.   But even on procedural grounds the penalty is hard to defend.

8.   But Monday they made clear that they also intended to attack the subpoena on the narrowest procedural grounds.

9.   But Lau argued that, before even reaching the merits of the case, the court should dismiss the complaint on a variety of procedural grounds.

10.   But the decree was later declared unconstitutional on procedural grounds.