The S.E.C. said discovery proceedings would continue to determine the amount they will pay in disgorgement and penalties.

The Justice Department has opposed a trial, and the legal discovery proceedings that would allow the plaintiffs to make extensive inquiries about the decision-making process.

Due process includes discovery proceedings or examination of relevant documents by either litigant, as well as a proper trial.

Another description of the Starr allegations might be: "repeated lying, and encouraging other witnesses to lie, in grand jury and discovery proceedings."

They do not permit the extensive discovery proceedings that often accompany court battles.

The partners sought to have the charges dismissed after extensive discovery proceedings.

In protracted discovery proceedings, they pried 100,000 documents from the confidential files of the companies and their trade, research and public relations consultants.

Republicans countered that any slowdown would only come about if the White House made good on its threats to carry out extensive discovery proceedings.

They won't do this study because done correctly it will put them at risk in discovery proceedings in court suits.

A judge in Anchorage has denied Exxon's motion to keep the discovery proceedings in the civil cases secret.