His collection of books on magic and witchcraft was one of the finest in private hands and was largely sold at Sotheby's in 2003, and a substantial part of the remainder of his library was sold at auction in May 2007 by Lyon & Turnbull.

In 2003, " A Summer's Day " ( 1888 ) sold at auction for £ 168, 000 at Sotheby's.

There are three portraits of him by Modigliani, such as a 17 " by 10 " artwork sold for $ 1, 464, 000 at Sotheby's in 2003.

AIX was a component of the 2003 SCO v. IBM lawsuit, in which the SCO Group filed a lawsuit against IBM, alleging IBM contributed SCO's intellectual property to the Linux codebase.

Brockovich and Masry filed suit against the Beverly Hills Unified School District in 2003, in which the district was accused of harming the health and safety of its students by allowing a contractor to operate a cluster of oil wells on campus.

In yet another set of related cases, in September 2003, the RIAA ( trade association of the music industry ) filed suit in civil court against several private individuals who had shared large numbers of files with Kazaa ; most of these suits were settled with monetary payments averaging $ 3, 000.

In August of 2003, Ubisoft acquired the rights to the Might and Magic franchise for US $ 1. 3 million after 3DO filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy.

In April 2003, she filed a lawsuit against the Australian magazine New Idea for defamation over an article about her relationship with Cruise.

On December 5, 2003, the couple filed for divorce, citing " irreconcilable differences.

According to accounts filed with the Electoral Commission for the year ending 2010, the party had a membership of 16232, up from 15, 097 in 2008 and 9, 450 in 2003.

In 2003, Gator ( now known as Claria ) filed suit against the website PC Pitstop for describing its program as " spyware ".

After struggling for several years, the company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in May 2003.

In 2003, the NAACP filed suit against 45 gun manufacturers for creating what it called a " public nuisance " through the " negligent marketing " of handguns, which included models commonly described as Saturday night specials.

Com21 developed a DOCSIS modem, but the company filed for bankruptcy in 2003 and closed.

In 2003 Monsanto filed patent applications with claims on breeding techniques for pigs.

In 2003, he filed papers to enter the 2003 California recall election, but failed to collect enough valid signatures to qualify for the ballot.

He filed a $ 100 million lawsuit in March 2003 against ABC and the producers of Are You Hot ?, claiming the series was based on his radio segment called " The Evaluators ".

On December 1, 2003, the Attorney General filed suit for New Rome's dissolution in the Franklin County Court of Common Pleas.

2003 Mayoral Candidate Dan Harrison filed to run for City Council President as an Independent.

In April 2007, Igor Trunov, the claimants ' advocate, reported that the ECHR had finally begun hearings into a complaint filed in 2003 by the victims against the Russian government.

One of Nintendo's affiliates, Pokémon USA, had begun producing a new edition for the game before the last of its agreements with Wizards expired September 30, and Wizards filed suit against Nintendo the following day, October 1, 2003.

On August 12, 2003, General Media, the parent company of the magazine, filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection.

In 2003, Cato filed an amicus brief in support of the Supreme Court's decision in Lawrence v. Texas, which struck down the few remaining state laws that made private, non-commercial homosexual relations between consenting adults illegal.

* In 2003, a newly formed corporation calling itself " EmarketersAmerica " filed suit against a number of DNSBL operators in Florida court.

Økokrim filed an appeal on 20 January 2003 and it was reported on 28 February that the Borgarting Court of Appeal had agreed to hear the case.

On December 23, 2003, 37 years after his death, Bruce was granted a posthumous pardon for his obscenity conviction by New York Governor George Pataki, following a petition filed by Ronald Collins and David Skover with Robert Corn-Revere as counsel, the petition having been signed by several stars such as Robin Williams.

They claim that the parents of the first cloned child had second thoughts about submitting their child to scientific tests after attorney Bernard Siegel filed suit .< noinclude > According to sealed court documents received by the Boston Globe which were reported on 27 April 2003, Clonaid had two employees but no address or board of directors.

A class action investor lawsuit was settled in August 2003 for US $ 300 million while a suit by billionaire investor activist Kirk Kerkorian was dismissed on April 7, 2005.

* In 2003, Iraqi victims of a 1991 Bagdad bombing deposed a suit against George H. W.

In 2003 Robertson founded SIPphone, which itself has seen legal action, filing suit against Vonage for false and misleading advertising including ' not disclosing the lock the company places on certain pieces of hardware '.

While still a relatively tranquil coastal town, the city received national news in 2003 upon becoming the first city in the Continental United States to enact a smoking ban on its public beaches, a trend which has continued as many other coastal Californian towns have followed suit in banning smoking on their beaches.

From 1971 to 1998 ( 2003 in the last McDonaldland commercials ), Ronald's suit had french fry bags for pockets with two large ones around the lower body and an average sized french fry bag on the heart.

In August 2003, Musgrove wrote judge Roy Moore on state letterhead to praise the judge's unconstitutional-as ruled by the U. S. Supreme Court-Ten Commandments monument, inviting the judge to display the monument in the Mississippi State Capitol for a week the following month and announcing his intention to encourage other governors to follow suit.

Similarly in the July 2003 case of Johnny and Edgar Winter v. DC Comics, a depiction of blues music duo the Winter brothers in a comic book as worms called the Autumn Brothers obtained First Amendment protection from publicity rights suit.

This comes after NICE was ordered to pay Dictaphone $ 10 million in settlements related to a patent infringement suit in late 2003.

On August 27, 2003 Tibco Software Inc announced that it had filed a law suit for trademark infringement.

However, in June 2003 Massachusetts Attorney General Thomas Reilly filed the well-publicized state lawsuit against Mainline and Luke Thompson alleging that the company would not perform the travel services paid for by customers that were to be executed beginning only 3 weeks after the suit was filed, and Reilly expressed a general concern that the company was nothing more than a fraud and Thompson was laundering large amounts of cash from the company.

The suit was settled in September 2003 with a US $ 23. 25 million payout to Be, Inc.

California Attorney General Bill Lockyer, joined the state of California into a false claims suit filed in November 2003 by Bev Harris and Alameda County citizen Jim March.

In 2003, a third-year student at the Texas Tech School of Law filed suit against the university over its policy on free speech zones, which restricted student speech to a single " free speech gazebo ".

The company rapidly followed suit in May 2003 with similar rebranding announcements for its other nameplates, Burdines in Florida, Goldsmith's in Memphis, Lazarus in the lower Midwest, and The Bon Marché in the Pacific Northwest.

While the McCoys claimed victory in the suit, as of 2003 the cemetery was still not open to the general public.

An Internet service provider in 2003 brought suit against Best Buy, Kohl's, and Target Corporation, arguing that the take-down notice provisions of the DMCA are unconstitutional.

The controversial suit by Spitzer was panned in a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined, " The Anschutz Ransom ".< ref > WSJ Review and Outlook, May 15, 2003 .</ REF > The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U. S. Department of Justice extensively investigated Qwest officials, and determined that there was no justification for taking action against any board member.