31. A judge dismissed criminal charges against the sniper. 32. A judge had dismissed the suit, ruling that only the New York attorney general could sue for breach of charitable gift conditions. 33. A federal judge dismissed the case, ruling that the groups lacked standing to sue. 34. A federal judge has dismissed a bitter and protracted lawsuit that accused New York Attorney General Dennis Vacco of turning the Department of Law into a political patronage mill. 35. A federal judge has dismissed all but one count of a lawsuit filed by a dissident shareholder against McCormick Distilling Co. 36. A few days later, judges dismissed charges against both Ms. Sorensen and Wardlaw. 37. A Florida judge dismissed the majority of the claims brought in a class-action health-related lawsuit against tobacco companies. 38. A hearing could delay a trial still further and might eventually require the judge to dismiss the jurors and begin the months-long process of jury selection again. 39. A hearing could further delay a trial and might require the judge to dismiss the jurors and restart the months-long process of jury selection. |