MILSTEIN REFILES SUIT AGAINST COOKE, REMOVES CASSERLY

          Islanders co-Owner Howard Milstein "refiled his civil
     lawsuit" against former Redskins President John Kent Cooke
     yesterday in D.C. Superior Court, but "removed" former
     Redskins GM Charley Casserly from the suit, according to
     Eric Fisher of the WASHINGTON TIMES.  Fisher reports that
     Milstein is "seeking ... in excess" of $100M from Cooke,
     with two new counts added to the original federal lawsuit. 
     Milstein is now "charging" Cooke with "breach of fiduciary
     duty and breach of contract" (WASHINGTON TIMES, 11/23).  In
     DC, Bill Miller reports that Casserly's attorney Robert
     Bennett said that he had "argued for months" that Casserly
     "did nothing wrong and didn't belong in an expensive fight
     that could entail dozens of depositions and years of legal
     maneuvering."  Bennett: "[Casserly] should never have been
     sued in the first place" (WASHINGTON POST, 11/23).