"The courts," said Patrick J. Perotti, a Cleveland lawyer specializing in employment law, "are feeling their way."

Larry Dolan, a Cleveland lawyer whose brother, Charles, is the chairman of Cablevision, said the plan to sell the Indians came as a "real surprise."

"We call them lifers," said David Leopold, a Cleveland lawyer who is on the board of the American Immigration Lawyers Association.

Brian M. Fallon, a Cleveland lawyer who represented the defendant in that case, said the entire area of protective orders was a tricky one.

The 50 books on view, which come from the collection of Robert H. Jackson, a Cleveland lawyer, cover the wide range of works that were serialized.

Charles Natkins, a Cleveland lawyer, suggested that he was leaning toward Mr. Clinton, whom he had also given $250.

He had a girlfriend for eight years, a Cleveland lawyer two decades his junior, who, he said, remains "very important to me."

Sheldon Guren, a Cleveland lawyer, was one of those.

Carmen Milano, was a Cleveland lawyer, before being disbarred and becoming a member of the Mafia in the 1980s.

Edward Greenwald, a Cleveland lawyer and an original partner, negotiated a sale price of $225,000 for three units, or $75,000 a unit.