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Suit
1997
Mississippi becomes 1st state to settle tobacco suit
1994
Sharon Stone files $12m suit against her jeweler
1993
Charles Aidman, actor (Kotch, Zoot Suit), dies of cancer at 68
1992
Ed Peck, actor (Zoot Suit, Bullitt), dies of heart attack at 75
1992
Martina Navratilova and Judy Nelson settle their galamony suit
1991
Lisa Olson brings suit against NFL New England Patriots for sexual harassment
1991
Court awards Peggy Lee $3 million in suit against Disney
1990
Florida passes a law prohibits wearing a throng bathing suit
1989
California court throws out most of Margo Adams's $12 million breach-of- contract suit against Red Sox third baseman Wade Boggs
1988
Jennifer Levin's parents file $25M suit against Dorrian Red Hand Bar
1987
Federal judge throws out Bette Midler's $10 million suit against Ford Motor Co, who used a sound alike voice for their TV commercials
1985
India files suit against Union Carbide over Bhopal disaster
1984
Berlin appeals court clears Paul McCartney in a paternity suit
1984
$180m out-of-court settlement reached in Agent Orange suit
1983
Jury in KC, Mo, awards TV anchorwoman Christine Craft $500,000 in sex discrimination suit against KMBC-TV (later overturned)
1982
Justice Department withdraws antitrust suit against IBM
1979
YMCA files libel suit against Village People's YMCA song
1976
Charlie Finley's $10 million damage suit against Bowie Kuhn begins
1976
Chicago White Sox suit up in shorts
1975
Players' Assn, files a suit on behalf of Dodgers Andy Messersmith
1974
Beatles are legally disbanded (4 years after suit was brought)
1974
The U.S. files antitrust suit to break-up AT&T
1973
Johnny Unitas files $725,000 suit against Baltimore Colts
1972
Former umpire, now housewife Bernice Gera wins her suit against baseball, initiated on March 15, 1971 to be allowed to umpire
1971
Dismissal of Curt Flood's suit against baseball is upheld by
1970
Curt Flood loses his $41 million antitrust suit against baseball
1962
Ohio ends suit against Reds when they agree to stay in Cin for 10 yrs
1962
Justice Department files 1st suit to end segregation in public schools
1962
Suit alleging de facto school segregation filed in Rochester, New York
1962
Suit to bar Englewood New Jersey from "racial segregated" schools, filed
1962
Suit accuses New York City Board of Education uses "racial quotas"
1953
Bill Veeck tells Browns stockholders he faces bankruptcy unless they drop their suit to block his move to Baltimore, they comply
1946
1st bikini bathing suit displayed, Paris
1936
NAACP files suit to equalize salaries of black and white teachers
1912
Alexander Mackendrick, Boston, director, Man in the White Suit, Mandy
1834
Hardhat diving suit patented by Leonard Norcross, Dixfield, Maine
1777
Leonard Norcross patents a submarine diving suit
1774
Andrew Becker demonstrates diving suit
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