Some of the students had even been sued by aggrieved wives.
In Colonial America, men sometimes "sued for slander if neighbors gossiped that a husband was allowing his wife to usurp his authority."
This month Mr Bobb announced a package of bold reforms, including mayoral control and a capital plan that would close 45 schools this year; he is being sued for his pains.
"The plaintiff, Xi' an Chemicals for Daily Use Company sued the defendants, Hansengzai. Goods Purchasing Station of Xian City, Times Advertising Company and Consumer Guide Newspaper Agency for unfair representation in an advertisement, seeking compensation for economic loss of 1,169,600 yuan."
He cited, among others, cases heard in London where a Tunisian had sued a Dubai-based television channel and an Icelandic bank had sued a Danish newspaper.
Intel is being sued by the New York attorney general, accused of using disguised kickbacks to protect its market.
In June 2009, Mr. Salinger also sued Fredrik Colting, the Swedish author and publisher of a novel said to be a sequel to "the Catcher in the Rye."
She sued her doctor for malpractice.
This protects the members of the group from being sued by other members for patent infringement.
Mr Gunner and Ms Cubillo sued for psychological trauma, emotional distress and isolation from the cultural lives of their Aboriginal mothers.
She sued the company for racial discrimination.
ACORN sued the state of California in 1995 for exemption from state labor laws, in order to avoid having to pay the minimum wage to its own employees.
In January, the Sarkozys also sued Irish budget airline Ryanair over an advert featuring Ms Bruni musing that, thanks to cheap flights, her Italian relatives would be able to attend their wedding.
This is not something that tech executives publicly admit, because they fear being sued for age discrimination, but everyone knows that this is the way things are.
Parents and teachers are even afraid to spank children for fear of being sued.
They all sued out a pardon for an offender.
With weak evidence against the three, the men might have been acquitted and then sued the state for wrongful incarceration.
We built another business totry to support this, and we got sued, I got put up for probation, so my prompt record does say, I was on probation in Princeton.
I was a witness on my own behalf after I was sued by a former prosecutor who accused me of defaming him in an article I wrote for the Chicago Tribune in 1999.
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