Dempsey also challenged St. John's refusal to acknowledge that a violation had occurred.

Both societies challenged the Royal Academy's refusal to accept the medium of watercolours as appropriate for serious art.

In 1974, he was charged with threatening behaviour after challenging a local publican's refusal to serve black customers, but acquitted.

The ruling grew out of a lawsuit that challenged Connecticut's refusal to pay for medical equipment that was not on a list pre-approved by the state.

The decision would settle a federal lawsuit challenging the district's refusal to allow it to meet as a student club.

A parent or person caring for a child may challenge a local authority's refusal to classify the child as "a child in need".

The city went to court to challenge the Bush administration's refusal to allow statistical sampling techniques to be used to adjust the numbers, but the effort failed.

The House committee's Democratic staff report for the hearing last month repeatedly challenged baseball's refusal to investigate steroids.

The lawsuit sought no monetary damages, but it challenged the defendants' refusal to acknowledge chiropractors' professional abilities.

However, a legal services lawyer from Spokane filed a lawsuit challenging the department's refusal to pay for the man's dentures.