The phrase "a divisive case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or issue that causes disagreement or conflict among people or groups.
Example: "The court's decision on the matter was seen as a divisive case, sparking protests from both sides of the argument."
Alternatives: "a controversial case" or "a polarizing case".
It was a divisive case, which resulted in a total of six opinions.
In the heat of dispute about a divisive case on affirmative action, it is understandable that Roberts bristled at being called out of touch with reality.
If Justice Michael Gableman does not retroactively recuse himself from a divisive case in which he had a blatant conflict of interest, the Wisconsin Supreme Court should disqualify him.
Maybe it's a divisive font.
The real importance of broad public access to the Prop 8 arguments is that it will enhance the legitimacy of the Court's eventual decision in a politically-charged and divisive case.
Mr. Diallo's mother lashed out at the Police Department for not disciplining the officers and community groups said that the police had squandered an opportunity to reach out to alienated minorities in the racially divisive case that has led to a citywide debate over aggressive police tactics.
Southern Rites In this new documentary, filmmaker Gillian Laub documents a divisive murder case in a Georgia community that recently desegregated its high school proms.
In a report offering details of their investigation into the politically divisive case, the nine judges, drawn from all of Iraq's main ethnic and religious factions, appeared to offer support to terrorism charges leveled by the Iraqi authorities in December against Vice President Tariq al-Hashimi.
Bowe Bergdahl, the US army sergeant who walked off his post in Afghanistan and triggered a search that wounded some of his comrades, will serve no prison time, a military judge ruled on Friday at the end of the politically divisive case that stirred debate during the president campaign.
