1.   But a former mayoral candidate, Clint Reilly, sued to prevent Hearst from buying the Chron and ditching the Ex.

2.   But days later, the former owners sued to prevent Vincent from using the name.

3.   In others, local governments have sued to prevent construction.

4.   Lasser sued to prevent Oeschle from stealing clients, Oeschle countersued and the unprecedented legal move escalated into a bitter public fight before being settled out of court.

5.   Schneider quit late last year and Wellington sued to prevent him from taking institutional accounts to a new firm he started.

6.   She later sued to prevent them from touring as the Supremes without her.

7.   Six tobacco companies said last year, when the move was first proposed, that they would sue to prevent it.

8.   She sued to prevent the report from being sent to any child-care organization where she applied for a position.

9.   The GSA wants no private-sector life intruding on its bureaucratic turf and will sue to prevent it.

10.   The museum has sued to prevent the mayor from withholding city funds from it because of the exhibit.