1.   Secondly, the proceedings were by way of bankruptcy petition.

2.   The bank then served a bankruptcy petition on A for the other half.

3.   The judgment not being satisfied, the bank presented a bankruptcy petition against B alone for the whole debt.

4.   This, in turn, enables the creditor to present a bankruptcy petition.

5.   Although there were fewer concerns about a conflict of interest between Susman and Enron, the firm did considerable legal work for the company before its bankruptcy petition.

6.   -- A Pennsylvania man who filed for bankruptcy five times in five years without disclosing his earlier bankruptcy petitions.

7.   A copy of the bankruptcy court petition, filed in U.S. Bankruptcy Court in Greenbelt, Maryland, was not immediately available.

8.   David Harris, an attorney who represents RDM, said that an involuntary bankruptcy petition was filed yesterday against certain RDM subsidiaries.

9.   In mid-July, about a week before filing bankruptcy petitions, the company began a mass layoff.

10.   It also said that because of the reputed fraud, Symington should not be allowed to have his debts to Hirsch discharged through his bankruptcy petition.