Long before bulldozers roared across Meigs Field, there was a lawsuit. Just four days into her new job, the case landed on the desk of U.S. District Judge Joan B. Gottschall. The attention-grabbing 1996 lawsuit — which involved a fight between the city, the state, a pilots organization and several other groups — was an amazing case to start out with, she said. “When briefs are being filed around the clock and the press is covering your every move — when that happens, it’s like you&rsquo …