11.   The first phase calls for the jury to consider whether the cigarette makers violated federal racketeering laws.

12.   The indictment charges the defendants under federal racketeering laws that could put them in prison for life, prosecutors said.

13.   The forfeiture complaint alleges violations of U.S. gambling, fraud and racketeering laws.

14.   The latest charges are the first filed in Silicon Valley under federal racketeering law, which imposes stiff jail terms and triple damages.

15.   The lawsuit accuses the tobacco industry of violating the federal racketeering law, which, if the court agrees, could triple the damages.

16.   The lawsuit alleges the tobacco industry has violated federal mail and wire fraud statutes, federal racketeering laws and federal conspiracy laws.

17.   The lawsuits allege that the defendants broke federal racketeering laws, which typically are used to fight organized crime.

18.   The long-running case reached the Court last year, producing a ruling that the federal racketeering law does not require proof of an economic motive.

19.   The suit names those dioceses, the Palm Beach diocese and the Vatican itself, accusing them under the same federal racketeering law aimed at gangsters.

20.   The Supreme Court will try to untangle complicated legal questions about the time limit for filing private lawsuits under a federal racketeering law.