Sentence examples for initial litigation from inspiring English sources

Eleven congregations were involved in the initial litigation, but over the years, congregations settled with the diocese and moved on.

JUSTICE SOUTER -- But it certainly could express its preference for a scheme whereby the initial litigation, if you will, at this level, would take place in the Congress.

We estimate the wealth effects of different announcements from an initial litigation event in July 2002 up to approval by the court in May 2004.

"Unless the claim is brought fairly soon, Greece may be met with the argument that it has 'slept on its rights' too long for them to be enforced," the lawyers argue, adding that even if initial litigation failed it would not be the end of the fight.

Moreover, the initial litigation is not founded in the best available scientific knowledge about conservation and sustainable human use of natural resources, which finds that indigenous peoples and local communities are the most effective managers of the world's forests and biodiversity.

But after an initial flurry of litigation, the number of state lawsuits stalled at four.

There may be an initial increase in litigation while case law is being defined.

But the court orders, from judges in at least four cities, were just the initial steps in litigation that may last for years.

From initial filing, licensing, litigation and sale, billions of dollars turn on patents, and that means taxes.

All decisions of the District Court, and also this Court's initial decision in this litigation, are reported sub nom.

Steven M. Silverberg had been hired to represent the village during the initial phases of the litigation in 2002, when the application for the $12 million expansion was presented to the Zoning Board of Appeals.