31.   After a suit by environmental groups, a federal court ordered the Clinton administration to issue a final decision on the matter by July.

32.   But for better or worse, it is clear today that the expected reduction in class-action suits by shareholders never happened.

33.   But in Kentucky, as in many states, school officials are generally protected from suits by rules of sovereign immunity that shield government agencies.

34.   But relatively new suits by Milwaukee, St. Louis, San Francisco and several California counties have refueled paint industry critics, including some elected officials.

35.   But that should not be the case with the suit by former war prisoners.

36.   But the five justices held that the state of Maine had sovereign immunity from a suit by state employees for overtime pay they were due under that federal law.

37.   But three years ago their lobbyists tried in Congress to win protection from most damages in sexual-assault suits and from all suits by foreign crew members.

38.   By concealing the Madison billing records two days beyond the statute of limitations, Hillary evaded a civil suit by bamboozled bank regulators.

39.   Cigarette companies still are vulnerable to suits by individual smokers and their relatives.

40.   Daiwa Securities Co., Nikko Securities Co. Yamaichi Securities Co. will follow suit by the end of March.