For Mr. Blum, the lawsuit crowns a two-decade-long devotion to disputing race-based laws, forged during an unsuccessful Congressional campaign in a Houston district that he later proved was unconstitutionally engineered along racial lines.
After a hotly disputed race for the top spot at the World Trade Organization, a compromise was struck in 1999 that split the term, giving the first stint to Mr. Supachai's rival, Mike Moore of New Zealand.
A DEMOCRATIC president running in a bitterly disputed presidential race faces a fateful national security decision: whether to approve an airstrike to thwart an adversary bent on becoming a nuclear-weapons state.
The governor's remarks were his most explicitly partisan comments since his state became the focus of the disputed presidential race in the hours after the polls closed on Nov. 7.
Although wrongdoing was never proved, Joanne Schivley, a City Council member, considered the election invalid and for four years bitterly opposed Mr. Davis, refused to address him as "mayor," and eventually challenged his re-election (no winner has been declared in a disputed, close race).
Later, he won the 200 in a dramatic final burst and picked up his second gold in the disputed relay race.
While working in Southeast Asia, I experienced a different form of internal bullying: employees would often immediately uplevel disputes, racing to make their case to superiors rather than trying to reach a compromise with their peers.
Bill Clinton appointed Mr. Andrew chairman of the D.N.C. in 1999, and he led the party through the disputed 2000 presidential race before stepping down in 2001.
A special three-judge state panel did not mince words this week when it declared Al Franken the clear winner over Norm Coleman in Minnesota's fiercely disputed United States Senate race.
In a dispute about race, the McCain campaign knows it will end up with the larger half.
The speech by Mr. Holder could inflame a smoldering partisan dispute over race and ballot access as the 2012 campaign cycle intensifies.
