31.   He later killed his girlfriend just three weeks after she had sought court protection from Duckman.

32.   Hokke Club, a Kyoto-based hotel operator, yesterday obtain court protection against creditors.

33.   In a fourth-quarter conference call, then chief executive Stephen Wolf pledged to avoid seeking court protection.

34.   In February, Gerant filed for bankruptcy court protection.

35.   In August, Bradlees lost its senior merchandising executive, Herbert P. Douglas, to Jamesway Corp., a competitor of Bradlees that is operating under bankruptcy court protection.

36.   In May, it had sought bankruptcy court protection, freezing thousands of breast implant claims pending against it.

37.   In June, Bradless Inc. filed for reorganization under bankruptcy court protection.

38.   In Tokyo, investors found little to cheer them after two large companies -- Maruso Securities Co. and Nitto Life Co. --sought court protection from creditors last week.

39.   It filed for bankruptcy court protection from creditors in July.

40.   It filed for bankruptcy court protection in January.