Pike turned out to have been disbarred after pleading guilty to forgery, and the council filed suit against him.

The council had filed a lawsuit, and Ms. Veneman said department lawyers agreed that the vote was "procedurally flawed."

Hill ignored the law, then in 1889 the council filed a lawsuit to force Hill to comply.

The council filed out of the chamber in solemn order.

The council has filed an application to register the phrase as a trademark.

Ms. Waldman said the council had not filed any new information with the F.D.A.

After the council filed the lawsuit, it petitioned the Food and Drug Administration to make California's standard for lead levels the national standard.

The F.D.A. was unaware of the new sources of calcium until the council filed its petition.

The council filed suit to stop the appropriation and, with rising acrimony, the matter has been in the courts ever since.

Meanwhile, the council yesterday filed an unfair labor practices charge against the union.