"We stand by our indictment and look forward to litigating this issue when Dr. Lee is tried," said Myron Marlin, a Justice Department spokesman.
The administration seems eager to avoid litigating this issue, especially concerning this detainee, who has protections as a U.S. citizen and does not appear to be a high-level fighter.
Second, it reinforces the point made by the LGBT groups about the importance of laying a solid groundwork before we get our one shot at litigating this issue before the Supreme Court (and, realistically, we will likely get only one shot).
The fact that the F.D.A. has not approved foreign sources of sodium thiopental, he said, suggested that "it's very likely that a petitioner will be able to make this showing in a case where there is more time to litigate the issue than there was in the Arizona case".
We are grateful for an opportunity to litigate the issue of the freedom of the chimpanzees, Hercules and Leo, at the ordered May hearing".
Next month, Mr. Caddell and government lawyers will litigate that issue as a separate, but related, part of the wrongful death lawsuit.
Dell could try to litigate the issue to gain more time, but that might only buy an additional month or two before it could be forced to hold a meeting.
An Oracle spokesman, Jim Finn, said PeopleSoft's complaint was "rife with comments taken out of context as PeopleSoft continues to litigate the issue in the court of public opinion".
Rather than litigate the issue, he said his office was able to get an agreement with the city to institute a wide-ranging set of reforms that would help prevent a repeat of the fatal accident.
