11.   If there turns out to be no federal court jurisdiction, the lawsuit will proceed in the Alabama state courts.

12.   Just the threat of allowing lawsuits to proceed has pushed the Europeans to rachet up their pressure on Cuba.

13.   Just the threat of allowing lawsuits to proceed has pushed the Europeans to ratchet up their pressure on the regime of Cuban leader Fidel Castro.

14.   On Monday, the Supreme Court ordered the appeals court to reconsider its ruling that the lawsuit could proceed.

15.   Only Justice John Paul Stevens voted to let both lawsuits proceed to trial.

16.   Other courts, they argue, use stricter standards that would not have permitted the investor lawsuit to proceed.

17.   Such state lawsuits can proceed while Congress considers the tobacco settlement proposal.

18.   That action leaves intact a federal appeals court decision, which said the investor lawsuits could proceed.

19.   The decision by Judge Thomas J. McAvoy of the U.S. District Court here to reject a motion from the IRS allows the unusual lawsuit to proceed.

20.   The high court agreed with that reasoning but said the lawsuit should not proceed.