It was a busy week in court for NEA affiliates:

* Claraliene Gordon, the former president of the Camden Education Association in New Jersey was indicted for using her union credit card to pay for $15,000 in personal expenses. She faces up to five years in prison and a $15,000 fine for each offense.

* Ohio Education Association UniServ director John Avouris was charged with lying to police about a picket line altercation. He faces up to six months in jail and a $1,000 fine.

* Maine Education Association staffer Joan Morin is suing the union for gender discrimination, imposition of a hostile work environment, intentional infliction of emotional distress, and negligent supervision. Morin claims MEA communications director Keith Harvie repeatedly "cast derogatory statements as to her work and her gender" and that MEA executives did nothing about it. The union claims Morin's charges were internally investigated and "found to be without merit."