11.   Boeing and De Havilland have asked the court to dismiss the suit.

12.   Both suits were later dismissed.

13.   A federal appeals court had dismissed a suit by a male oil-rig worker against male co-workers.

14.   A federal judge dismissed the suit, and the decision was upheld by the Richmond appeals court.

15.   A court dismissed the suit last year, saying the statute of limitations had expired, but the Supreme Judicial Court two weeks ago agreed to consider the appeal.

16.   A judge had dismissed the suit, ruling that only the New York attorney general could sue for breach of charitable gift conditions.

17.   A New York Supreme Court judge in Queens dismissed the suit in November, ruling that the company had acted within its rights.

18.   A federal judge in Miami Thursday said that he would rule next month on a separate request by Humana to dismiss the suits against that company.

19.   A federal trial judge agreed, and dismissed the suit.

20.   A similar suit was dismissed by a federal court in Florida.