1.   Boland was named as one of several defendants in a civil racketeering lawsuit filed Thursday in St. Louis County Circuit Court.

2.   In February, Shafrir filed a federal racketeering lawsuit against Nicherie in federal court in Los Angeles.

3.   In that time Ambrose presided over a million-dollar racketeering lawsuit that named Mellon Bank as a defendant.

4.   Knoller has a civil racketeering lawsuit pending against the Department of Corrections in federal court.

5.   St. Paul, Minn., lawyer Jeffrey Anderson recently filed a civil racketeering lawsuit against a group of Catholic bishops, including the diocese of Jefferson City.

6.   The rates were recalculated because Lilco must refund customers to settle a federal racketeering lawsuit over the Shoreham plant.

7.   The Teamsters agreed to the supervision in a consent decree that settled a federal racketeering lawsuit that asserted that the union was dominated by organized crime.

8.   Under the threat of a federal racketeering lawsuit, the Teamsters signed a consent decree with the government.

9.   A civil racketeering lawsuit brought by Democrats against House Republican Whip Tom DeLay over fund raising was closed Thursday under an agreement between the two sides.

10.   Lee was barred through a racketeering lawsuit brought by federal prosecutors that mirrored the criminal charges.