Clanking with each step, the suit raised its sword hand and advanced on Austin like an antique robot.

The suit has raised concerns among education officials that schools might become liable for educational malpractice that extends far beyond the classroom.

Some in the industry think the suit raises troubling questions regardless of the outcome of the battle for control at Paramount.

For sports franchise owners, the Marshalls' suit may raise other questions.

And other suits raise entirely different issues, leading the lawyers to admit that it would be no easy task consolidating them.

The suit again raises questions about due process in the industry.

The suit raises some interesting questions about government supervision of the press, about who decides what should be covered and how.

Some local officials said the suit had at least raised the visibility of the problem nationally.

Judge Ward wrote in his decision that the suit raised "profound social, political and legal issues."

People in the industry say the suit raises troubling questions about the copyright of ideas.