Lawsuit Filed for Price Gouging (WLBT 3) A Jackson lawyer has filed a federal lawsuit against three oil companies and distributors, claiming price gouging after Hurricane Katrina. John Arthur Eaves, Junior says Chevron, Conoco Phillips, and Exxon Mobil charged higher prices than they should have. [News Source]

Rights groups file lawsuit against Escondido housing ordinance (North County Times) SAN DIEGO ---- A coalition of civil rights groups and private attorneys filed a lawsuit Friday aimed at striking down an Escondido ordinance that prohibits landlords from renting to illegal immigrants. [News Source]

Berea files lawsuit against land surveyors (Richmond Register) A Berea company has “failed and refused” to pay the city its required payroll tax fees, according to a lawsuit filed in Madison Circuit Court. [News Source]

U.S. moves to quash lawsuit by filmmaker imprisoned in Iraq (CBC) The U.S. government has filed a motion to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an American filmmaker who spent two months in an Iraqi prison. [News Source]

Lawsuit Names Lone Survivor of Comair Crash (Fox 19 Cincinnati) LEXINGTON, Ky. (AP) - The lone survivor of the late August Comair crash in Lexington, Kentucky, has been named in a lawsuit filed in Florida. A Lexington television station is reporting that Flight 5191 co-pilot James Polehinke has been named in a wrongful death lawsuit, along with Comair. [News Source]

Teen’s Family Files Lawsuit After Fatal Skating Rink Attack (WAVE 3 Louisville) The family of a teen who died after an assault at a roller rink last year has filed a wrongful death lawsuit. [News Source]

Foes Of Smoking Ban To File Lawsuit Saying It’s Unconstitutional (WAVE 3 Louisville) It is the last hope for those trying to strike down Louisville's smoking ban. A group of local bars and resturants will file a lawsuit next week, claiming the revised statute is unconstitutional. WAVE 3 Investigator Eric Flack has the latest. [News Source]

Subdivision Critics Drop Case: A Lawsuit Challenging the Legality of a Rezoning Decision at the Rosegill Plantation Was (RedNova) By Jon Cawley, Daily Press, Newport News, Va. Nov. 4--MIDDLESEX -- Opponents of a 700-home development at Middlesex County's historic Rosegill Plantation have abruptly withdrawn their lawsuit challenging a rezoning decision that paved the way for the project. [News Source]

Feds seek to dismiss lawsuit filed by American filmmaker jailed in Iraq (Boston Herald) LOS ANGELES - The U.S. government filed a motion Friday seeking to dismiss a lawsuit filed by an aspiring American filmmaker who spent two months in an Iraqi prison without being charged. The American... [News Source]

Lawyer files lawsuit over jump at pump (The Clarion-Ledger) A Jackson lawyer who's considering running for governor next year has filed a federal lawsuit against oil companies and distributors over the increase in gasoline prices after Hurricane Katrina. [News Source]