While this particular case was never taken to court, similar conflicts have become subject to drawn-out legal battles.

Last month, a second judge withdrew from the case because of a similar conflict of interest.

The term has also been applied to similar conflicts.

As a boy he did not have to look far for similar conflicts in his own life.

In January 2009 the company was the center of a similar conflict.

President-elect Bush, who has said that he too believes in free trade, will face a similar conflict.

A similar conflict would have happened tonight with these three local teams.

A similar conflict occurred once during last year's playoffs, on the only Sunday of the league series.

The decisions offer a preview, the experts added, of what are quite likely to be many similar conflicts around the nation.

In time, the conflict here might provide a model for resolving similar conflicts throughout the West.