1.   A federal judge had dismissed the action, and the appeals court overturned that Decision.

2.   At first instance the trial judge dismissed the claim.

3.   But a judge dismissed her compensation claim.

4.   But a judge dismissed the criminal case a few months later, because the statute of limitations had expired.

5.   Last June a judge dismissed the fine, Declaring that the village must obtain search warrants before conducting the inspections.

6.   The judge dismissed arguments by Collins that release of the pretrial hearing documents would inevitably cause jurors to learn about their contents.

7.   The judge dismissed most of the police evidence, saying it was clearly fabricated.

8.   The judge dismissed the evidence as pure conjecture.

9.   The judge has dismissed at least a half-dozen defense requests for a mistrial since jury selection began last September.

10.   When prosecutors refused to disclose information about their procedures, a federal district judge dismissed the charges against the five defendants.