1.   Almost two weeks ago, a judge in the Whatcom Superior Court granted a motion which allowed the original lawsuit to be amended to a class-action suit.

2.   Along with Lexis-Nexis and University Microfilms, these three were the defendants in the original lawsuit.

3.   Amid the shock that they had lived unprotected for years with toxic waste, resident Matthew Laurence and his family filed the original lawsuit for damages.

4.   Both airlines vigorously disputed that when the government filed its original lawsuit.

5.   Coke brought the original lawsuit, but last year the companies, Omni Pacific and Dependable Vending, filed a countersuit accusing Coke of violating antitrust laws.

6.   David Sciarra, executive director of the Education Law Center, said the center did not include rural districts in its original lawsuit because it wanted a narrow focus.

7.   Ewing suggested that the Education Law Center, which brought the original lawsuit, could ask its wealthy contributors to underwrite such a study.

8.   In their original lawsuit, Sandefer and Smith alleged that Johnson got a kickback for promoting Titan stock and helping to boost its value.

9.   Prior to his original lawsuit, McLendon requested that Olsten and Columbia stop the alleged illegal activities.

10.   The group that brought the original lawsuit still maintains that putting public teachers in parochial schools should remain flatly unconstitutional.