And a nonprofit group is seeking to have the earlier suit reopened.

City officials maintain that the guidelines appear to violate agreements reached in a settlement of an earlier suit.

The early suits were settled without the lenders admitting wrongdoing.

In an earlier suit, conservationists tried to void that agreement, but it was upheld by the Supreme Court.

Pictures show that the suits on Shenzhou 6 differ in detail from the earlier suit, they are also reported to be lighter.

An earlier suit, filed by many of the same groups behind yesterday's action, is pending against two of the stations in Williamsburg.

An earlier suit had resulted in a decision permitting the use of the strap, provided that "appropriate safeguards" were in place.

Could the party trying to assert Collateral Estoppel have intervened in the earlier suit?

"It is clearly a response, which we expected, to our earlier suit seeking $45 million for their failure to pay for care," the statement said.

An earlier suit, in summer 1990, opened the doors to the four annual full Council meetings.