Microman toys were originally imported to the United States by Mego Corporation as Micronauts until the company went bankrupt in 1982.

In 1982, AT & T and the Justice Department agreed on tentative terms for settlement of anti-trust suit filed against AT & T in 1974, under which AT & T divested itself of its local telephone operations, which became known as the " Baby Bells.

In United States telecommunication law, Modification of Final Judgment ( MFJ ) is the August 1982 agreement approved by the court ( consent decree ) settling United States v. AT & T, a landmark antitrust suit, originally filed on January 14, 1949 and modifying the previous Final Judgment of January 24, 1956.

In May 1982, a number of citizens whose children had developed or died from leukemia filed a civil lawsuit against two corporations, W. R. Grace and Company and Beatrice Foods.

In August 1982, Williams stormed off the set and filed a $ 20, 000, 000 lawsuit against Paramount.

US Secretary of State, Alexander Haig filed a report with US President Ronald Reagan on Saturday 30 January 1982 that revealed Secretary Haig's fear that Israel might, at the slightest provocation, start a war against Lebanon.

In 1982, the term " domestic partner " was first used in a lawsuit filed by San Francisco Human Rights Commission employee Larry Brinkin.

In 1982 Maria Pia filed a claim for the restitution of the private real property of the Royal House of Portugal.

* Third trial ( filed by the state on December 30, 1975, ruled on April 8, 1982, at Supreme Court ): The Supreme Court reversed and remanded the appeal to high court as the curriculum guideline has already been revised since the time of the first lawsuit and as the result there is no longer any merit in requesting reversal of Ministry's decision.

Ienaga filed a suit against the government of Japan to demand state compensation for the result of textbook authorization in 1982 that rejected his draft textbook.

Radio artist Joe Frank later filed a lawsuit, claiming the screenplay lifted its plot setup and portions of dialogue, particularly in the first 30 minutes of the film, from his 1982 NPR Playhouse monologue " Lies ".

Early integrated circuit devices to incorporate FM synthesis methods include the Atari POKEY custom application-specific integrated circuit or " ASIC " ( U. S. Patent 4, 314, 236 issued February 2, 1982 ) in the Atari 800 and the MOS Technology 6581 / 8580 SID chip ( U. S. Patent 4, 677, 890, filed on February 27, 1983 and issued on July 7, 1987 ) used in the Commodore 64.

" A secret affidavit outlining the government's actions and preliminary findings was filed with a federal court in 1982.

Lionel ran into financial trouble during the early 1980s recession and filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in February 1982.

In 1982, facing unprecedented liability for asbestos injury claims, Johns Manville voluntarily filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the U. S. Bankruptcy Code.

As a result, Manville voluntarily filed for chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in 1982.

Apple quickly determined that substantial portions of the Franklin ROM and operating system had been copied directly from Apple's versions, and on May 12, 1982, filed suit in the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania.

Because of lawsuits filed by various competing railroads, the merger was not approved until September 13, 1982.

After the company filed for bankruptcy, title sponsorship was taken over by Swedish Furniture and Housewares retailer IKEA, whose North American Home office has been in nearby Plymouth Meeting since 1982.

In 1982 Universal filed a lawsuit against Nintendo, which had created an impish ape character called Donkey Kong in 1981 and was reaping huge profits over the video game machines.

However, financing for Tucker fell through when Coppola's production company, American Zoetrope, filed for bankruptcy after the box office failures of One from the Heart ( 1982 ) and The Cotton Club ( 1984 ).

In 1982, the firm filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11.

* Dimensional Sound Recording and Apparatus and Method for Producing the Same, filed April 1979, issued January 1982

* Audio Amplifier, filed February 1982, issued April 1984

* FM Stereo Apparatus and Method, filed June 1982, issued June 1984 ( asymmetrical charge coupled stereo detector )

* Agreed Measures for the Conservation of Antarctic Fauna and Flora ( 1964 ) ( entered into force in 1982 )

The 1982 science fiction film Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan used " Amazing Grace " amid a context of Christian symbolism, to memorialize the death of Mr. Spock but more practically, because the song has become " instantly recognizable to many in the audience as music that sounds appropriate for a funeral " according to a Star Trek scholar.

An axiomatic approach to Kolmogorov complexity based on Blum axioms ( Blum 1967 ) was introduced by Mark Burgin in the paper presented for publication by Andrey Kolmogorov ( Burgin 1982 ).

This manuscript, which Jack Sharrar recovered in 1982 during his research for Avery Hopwood, His Life and Plays, was published July, 2011.

The second scudetto did not elude Roma for much longer ; in 1982 – 83 the Roman club won the title for the first time in 41 years, amidst celebrations in the capital.

DXF was originally introduced in December 1982 as part of AutoCAD 1. 0, and was intended to provide an exact representation of the data in the AutoCAD native file format, DWG ( Drawing ), for which Autodesk for many years did not publish specifications.

The Atari 5200 SuperSystem, commonly known as the Atari 5200, is a video game console that was introduced in 1982 by Atari Inc. as a higher end complementary console for the popular Atari 2600.

In 1982, he was again elected governor and kept this job for ten years.

He defeated four Republican candidates for governor: Lowe ( 1978 ), White ( 1982 and 1986 ), and businessmen Woody Freeman of Jonesboro, ( 1984 ) and Sheffield Nelson of Little Rock ( 1990 ).

During the mid-1980s, many sysops opted for the less expensive, ubiquitous Commodore 64 ( introduced in 1982 ), which became popular among software pirate groups.

* St. Louis Blues team record for assists in one playoff year ( 15 in 1982 )

* The BBC Micro home computer from 1982, built for the BBC by Acorn Computers Ltd

The project was scheduled to be completed in 1998 at an estimated cost of $ 2. 8 billion ( in 1982 dollars, US $ 6. 0 billion adjusted for inflation ).

Planning for the Big Dig as a project officially began in 1982, with environmental impact studies starting in 1983.

The SDP favoured some Thatcherite reforms during the 1980s, such as legislation aimed at reforming the trade unions ( although the parliamentary SDP actually split three ways on Norman Tebbit's 1982 Industrial Relations bill, most voting for, some against, and others abstaining ), but took a more welfarist position than the Conservative Party, being more sceptical of Conservative welfare reforms ( particularly regarding the Health Service ).

After its brick-by-brick relocation to Stanley, the site was sold by the Government for " only HK $ 1 billion " in August 1982 amidst growing concern over the future of Hong Kong in the run-up to the transfer of sovereignty.

Costas has teamed with Isiah Thomas and Doug Collins for NBA telecasts ( from 1997 – 2000 ) and Sal Bando ( 1982 ), Tony Kubek ( from 1983 – 1989 ), Joe Morgan and Bob Uecker ( from 1994 – 2000 ) for baseball telecasts.

When Canada achieved formal independence with the passage of the Canada Act 1982, no reception statutes were necessary for the decolonialisation process.

He was invited to open subsequent gigs for the band, and then began performing as a support act in pubs and clubs, for the next three years, and at events such as the Larks in the Park music festival at Sefton Park ( 1982 ).

By 1982, the perceived passivity of the FARC, together with the relative success of the government's efforts against the M-19 and ELN, enabled the administration of the Liberal Party's Julio César Turbay ( 1978 – 1982 ) to lift a state-of-siege decree that had been in effect, on and off, for most of the previous 30 years.