There were families who filed early because they wanted to get the process over with and move on.

At 8:23, a lawyer called to say the suit had been filed two minutes earlier.

The year that new laws made it tougher to file early.

Too late, said the Court; you should have filed years earlier, within 300 days of the change in seniority policy.

I put a tick against a question earlier filed for later consideration.

The state, trying to head off the Federal action, had earlier filed its own suit, but sought far lighter penalties.

Your people had the right code, but we filed early, before the Customs computers were through processing.

They figure if they file early, it might cause someone to run against them.

Fresh charges, including attempted murder, had been filed against Hicks earlier that month.

He made no mention of the historic registry petition that had been filed one week earlier.