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.
  • 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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