He also received a notice from the Labor Department, which contended that his Web site was a revenue-producing business.
The largest increase, 15percentt, went to the GSA Insurance Company, which contended it needed an 85percentt increase.
Re "Maybe Your Old Credit Card Is Smart Enough" (Digital Domain, Oct. 17), which contended that magnetic-stripe cards are sufficient in today's world.
Readers also weighed in on Ginia Bellafante's first Big City column, which contended that huge economic gaps among New Yorkers are often ignored or glossed over.
He was found not liable of perhaps the most specific fraud charge, which contended he had knowingly made an untrue or misleading statement.
In defending against the lawsuit, which contended that Microsoft Word had infringed i4i's method for editing documents, Microsoft argued that the patent was invalid.
The Chicago center's estimates, in particular, were criticized by Muslim organizations, which contended that they showed the biases of those who financed the study: the American Jewish Committee.
The United States military, which contended at the time that it had killed militants, has said the matter is under investigation.
For years, the case was tied up in courts by a judge with close ties to the military, which contended that a carpenter had fatally stabbed Mr. Jimenez.
A federal appeals court overturned the verdict for the distributor, Haynes Trane Service Agency, which contended that its contracts were canceled without adequate notice.
But it ran into vociferous opposition from Cosatu, the two-million-member trade union federation that is part of the governing alliance, which contended that it would displace established workers.
