How to Use litigate in a Sentence
litigate
verb- They agree to litigate all disputes in this court.
- The company's unwillingness to make a deal increased her desire to litigate.
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Union attorney Joseph Diemert has said the issue is well litigated and the law is on their side.
— Robert Higgs, cleveland.com, 13 Aug. 2019 -
Both are more vulnerable to court challenges than acts of Congress and that encourages states to litigate.
— al, 24 Aug. 2019 -
Ask yourself, why is Faze Clan is afraid to litigate its wrongful conduct in California?
— Julia Alexander, The Verge, 1 Aug. 2019 -
Attorneys general are mostly litigating their cases in state courts.
— Eric Heisig, cleveland.com, 6 Sep. 2019 -
Arian knows that our beliefs cannot be litigated into obsolescence.
— Stacey Abrams, TIME, 2 Oct. 2024 -
One issue that will no doubt be vigorously litigated is whether Tofurky is misleading anyone.
— Jack Greiner, Cincinnati.com, 15 Aug. 2019 -
According to public records, many of the cases took years to litigate and settlements were reached after extensive court motions and appearances.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Aug. 2019 -
Expect the moderators to pit the two candidates against each other, re-litigating the earlier spar and prompting the two to clash over criminal justice issues.
— Casey Tolan, The Mercury News, 31 July 2019 -
The city has retained a private law firm to litigate the case.
— Jeff McDonald, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020 -
This thing went up to court and it got litigated for a long time.
— Taylor Wilson, USA TODAY, 28 June 2023 -
The issue of the deed for the fire station will then be litigated, Mecham said.
— San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Sep. 2019 -
In fact, the club could stay open for months while the case is litigated, Shurtleff said.
— Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 21 Aug. 2023 -
Don’t try to show him stuff or re-litigate his refusal to look.
— Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020 -
That status allows the lawyers to litigate on behalf of the state.
— Ivana Hrynkiw | Ihrynkiw@al.com, al, 13 Apr. 2023 -
Trump has made moves to litigate the results — both in the courts and via social media.
— NBC News, 5 Nov. 2020 -
If litigated, the matter would likely go to the Supreme Court, Kalt and Crouch said.
— Kathryn Watson, CBS News, 18 June 2023 -
Laws in at least two states are on hold as they’re litigated.
— Lauren McGaughy, Dallas News, 14 May 2023 -
The county is gearing up to litigate the cases, bringing on 11 law firms to work through the claims.
— Laura Blasey, Los Angeles Times, 1 May 2023 -
But Sutton takes this moment to, once again, re-litigate the point.
— Brian Moylan, Vulture, 23 June 2021 -
Moments later, Flint walked from the dugout to litigate the issue with the umpire.
— Jonathan Edwards, Washington Post, 31 May 2023 -
The only way for the court to determine the falsity of that claim would be to litigate the teachings of the Temple.
— Jack Greiner, The Enquirer, 28 Apr. 2022 -
Is this an issue that just gets litigated again and again and again?
— CBS News, 21 Jan. 2024 -
In most instances, the two parties will litigate for a while and then settle, Ealey said.
— Shari Rudavsky, Indianapolis Star, 8 Jan. 2020 -
That is a question likely to be litigated in the courts.
— Author: Mike Debonis, Rachael Bade, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Sep. 2019 -
If the judge does not accept the guilty plea, the judge can rule that the case be litigated in a contested court-martial.
— Luis Martinez, ABC News, 20 Sep. 2024 -
That book was part of an effort to publicly litigate what is taught in the classroom and who is teaching it.
— Nicole Hemmer, CNN, 20 May 2021 -
But the remedies phase of litigation may have to wait until after Google's appeal, which experts said could take years to litigate before any remedies are ever proposed in court.
— Ashley Belanger, Ars Technica, 7 Aug. 2024 -
The public-interest law firm is currently litigating several other cases in multiple states as part of its 4th Amendment Project.
— Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 25 Sep. 2024
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