"case" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- In the perennial battle for a greater share of state education aid, the legal case would pit one government against another.
- The case pitted two poor families against each other.
- Jones v. Flowers was characterized as "an almost paradigmatic case pitting an individual against the state."
- The case, which is likely headed for appellate court, has pitted two opposing parties with equally urgent needs.
- The case has pitted the boys, their parents and the police against the black Muslim group and black business owners here.
- Strict guidelines for their imposition have emerged from cases pitting developers against state and local governments.
- Though increasingly in dissent, he never tired of explaining to his colleagues the individual's perspective in legal cases pitting people against the state.
- The decision was in one of the most closely watched cases pitting civil liberties against national security in the aftermath of Sept. 11.
- Her biggest cases pitted her against Mr. Macedo's military justice system.
- Prosecution is difficult, because witnesses rarely come forward, and because cases often pit the credibility of an inmate's account against that of a corrections officer.
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