Mr Belcuore's family said they were considering taking civil legal action against the trust.

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But some public figures are taking civil legal action against the newspaper.

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But some public figures are taking civil legal action against the newspaper, and documents disclosed in those cases have led to new developments.

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He already faces a civil legal action over the alleged incident.

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Last November, school authorities in Riverside County, California, backed down over plans to post the Ten Commandments in schools, after a civil rights organisation began legal action claiming that the display represented the promotion of religion by the government.

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He warned the lists might constitute a violation of election laws. (Such civil action is legal until election campaigning formally starts, which is June 12.) The New Komeito party, a coalition partner of the LDP, sent Wave 21 a note hinting it may file a defamation suit.

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Nevertheless, the American Civil Liberties Union has launched legal action against the Department of Defense.

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The government, he added, would take legal action against people making fraudulent claims for civil servants who had moved abroad or who were dead.

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The lawyers argued that he enjoyed immunity from legal action similar to diplomatic immunity afforded international civil servants based on conventions accepted by 118 nations and rules adopted by the IMF itself.

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