1.   American Presents signed Hopkins after a court ruled last week he no longer had a valid contract with his former manager, Butch Lewis.

2.   Allied officials said they had a valid contract and sued the Javits Center.

3.   However, the German labor court recently ruled that Reichel still has a valid contract with the Frankfurt Lions and he is therefore ineligible to play in the NHL.

4.   Moon was a rare Steinberg client who was held out of camp despite a valid contract.

5.   The man walked out on his teammates and a valid contract.

6.   They had a valid contract of temporary marriage.

7.   Threatt becomes the third NBA veteran to hold out despite a valid contract.

8.   While Messier had the right to seek renegotiation, he also had a valid contract stipulating that he play.

9.   FIFA also said a letter of intent was a valid contract.

10.   King County earlier sued in state court, claiming the team would be breaking a valid contract if it broke its Kingdome lease.