Citing the litigation, Mr. Mack declined to discuss that matter, but he was obviously wounded by the suggestion that he might not have treated people fairly.
With the case in litigation, Mr. Powers declined to discuss the numbers.
Both sides, then, are willing to discuss litigation openly.
In one instance, church officials planted a bug in an IRS conference room in which a meeting to discuss litigation involving Scientology was going to take place.
"Some of the participants in the meeting are involved in active litigation against the government on the issue of Don't Ask, Don't Tell, so it wouldn't be appropriate to discuss that litigation," said the administration official "This is standard procedure for any meeting where that would be the case".
DPS declined to discuss pending litigation.
An agency spokeswoman declined to discuss the litigation.
The city's Department of Education declined to comment, saying it was its policy not to discuss pending litigation.
The mayor did not mention consulting any experts outside the Fire Department, said the person, who insisted on anonymity, saying it was inappropriate to discuss ongoing litigation.
Dale M. Cendali, a lawyer at Kirkland & Ellis who is representing the Rain Corporation, said in an e-mail statement that "it's really not appropriate for me to discuss pending litigation beyond what's in the complaint," a copy of which she included.
Approval was only suspended when Kemosabe learned Kesha was to use the performance as a platform to discuss the litigation," the statement read.
