Jim Butler, the president of the sign company, said the men had told him they had not violated any air restrictions.

He also agreed that the pleas appeared to violate restrictions on plea bargaining.

Would such activities violate international law or American restrictions on assassinations overseas?

But Mr. Goldin said city lawyers would need to make sure the move did not violate tax laws or other restrictions.

The resort's opponents also say that it would violate governmental restrictions protecting the area's environment.

The panel ruled that taking part in the survey violated ethical restrictions on "self-laudatory" comments.

At issue is whether he violated restrictions on travel to Cuba when he accompanied sick workers seeking free medical care.

Those acts violated restrictions on the use of public funds for propaganda without Congress's consent, the report said.

But a lawsuit filed earlier this year on behalf of several ranchers charges that the pipeline project violates environmental restrictions.

Such an explicit appeal, he said, could violate restrictions on the use of federal money to lobby Congress.