The phrase "a contentious case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or legal matter that is likely to cause disagreement or controversy.
Example: "The trial was particularly challenging due to the nature of the evidence presented, making it a contentious case among the jurors."
Alternatives: "a controversial case" or "a disputed case".
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — A Pakistani court ordered the police to withdraw blasphemy charges against a Christian teenager on Tuesday, lawyers said, bringing an end to a contentious case that had gripped the country and sown fear in its Christian minority population.
For the second time this year, Gov. Jeb Bush of Florida is seeking to sway a contentious case involving an incapacitated person, this time trying to keep a brain-damaged woman alive against her husband's wishes.
The decision was the latest, but probably not the last, installment in a contentious case that has already spanned three years, seven different judges, at least five prosecutors and three defense lawyers.
VATICAN CITY — The Vatican said Thursday that it was cooperating with prosecutors in the Dominican Republic who are investigating its ambassador over the suspected sexual abuse of teenage boys, a contentious case that has raised legal questions about the Holy See's responsibilities when priests are accused of wrongdoing.
In 2014, only Western Sahara aka Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic remains a contentious case.
Lilly was headed to court himself Friday for a contentious case.
In a separate ruling Monday, the Supreme Court rejected an appeal by the state to reopen a highly contentious case involving five apartment buildings in Ulpana, a development linked to the Jewish settlement of Bet El in the West Bank.
The caretaker government is keen to distance itself from what is seen as a politically contentious case.
China's courts rarely overturn verdicts, and to do so in a politically contentious case like Mr. Liu's would be unheard-of.
The admission has added yet more controversy to an already contentious case, which the chancellor, Angela Merkel, has described as "mortifying" for Germany.
The ruling marks another twist in a long and contentious case that was an outgrowth of one of the most bitter racial conflicts in the city's history.
