The phrase "a motion challenging" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts when referring to a formal request to contest or dispute a decision or action.
Example: "The defendant filed a motion challenging the admissibility of the evidence presented by the prosecution."
Alternatives: "a request contesting" or "a petition disputing".
"We're filing a motion challenging the jurisdiction of the court," Sullivan said.
Last week, the ACLU filed a motion challenging the government's censorship of torture and abuse in the 9/11 defendants' case.
PACE may also discuss a motion challenging the Georgian deputies' credentials, on the grounds of severe shortcomings identified in the parliamentary elections there in May.
One of his lawyers, Deirdre von Dornum, told the judge that the defense anticipated filing a motion challenging the decision to try him as an adult.
Also yesterday, defense lawyers for Lee Malvo, the teenager charged with Mr. Muhammad in the attacks in which 10 people were killed, filed a motion challenging his interrogation by police in Fairfax County, Va.
"If I make a motion challenging the credibility of the plaintiff and I've got a judge who trusts this man with a great deal of money, that's something that I would have wanted to know".
[World Business, Section W.] Welch Challenges Expense Claims Lawyers for John F. Welch Jr., the former chief executive of General Electric, have filed a court motion challenging his estranged wife's description of his living expenses.
This month, the six heirs filed a heavily redacted motion challenging a potential "entertainment transaction" they claim would be "an embarrassment to Prince's legacy". And three half siblings have filed a petition questioning the estate administrator's high legal fees, noting concern that "at the end. . .
Momentum for the California rules seemed to be increasing with a United States District Court judge's rejection in December of an auto-industry motion challenging California's authority.
According to both teams, Kornreich said during a conference call with lawyers for the teams' owners that she would not expedite a hearing in BMW Oracle Racing's motion challenging the legality of the sails on the 90-foot catamaran Alinghi 5. "This is excellent news," Alinghi's owner, Ernesto Bertarelli, said in a statement.
It's not clear when the justices will respond to the motion challenging Whitaker's appointment.
