1.   And he can decide whether to join other lawsuits, such as those seeking to weaken abortion rights, or to guarantee the voting rights of minorities.

2.   And the U.S. attorney for the Southern District of New York has been investigating the charges to determine whether the Justice Department should join the lawsuit.

3.   Arizona joined the lawsuit after that settlement.

4.   About half of those, Moeller said, could join the lawsuits because their doctors told them their ailments could be blamed on the drug.

5.   Alameda County last year joined a lawsuit filed by San Francisco County that sought to recover the costs of treating tobacco-related illnesses.

6.   All four may eventually join the lawsuit.

7.   Buchanan said he was not planning to join the lawsuit because he did not have the money for litigation that Rockefeller has.

8.   Brumett later joined the lawsuit.

9.   Davis had declined to join that lawsuit, believing it had little chance.

10.   Foley made himself vulnerable by joining a lawsuit to overturn the Washington state term limits law.