The phrase "litigated against" is correct and can be used in written English.
It is typically used in a legal context to describe the action of bringing a lawsuit or legal dispute against someone. Example: The company was sued by several former employees who litigated against them for unlawful termination.
Gee's ruling comes as a substantial victory for immigration advocates, particularly those who litigated against the opening of the Hutto center.
As the state's legal chief, Pruitt vociferously litigated against environmental regulations like the Clean Power Plan, branding them job killers and federal overreach.
However, some legal experts, including ones who have litigated against the N.C.A.A. on antitrust matters, said the governor would probably face difficulty in building a successful case, considering that the university accepted the penalties when they were announced in July.
Another lawyer who has litigated against the N.C.A.A., Stephen Morrissey, said there could be potential weaknesses in Corbett's assertion that he brought the case on behalf of aggrieved businesses and residents.
"He would pick the cases that had the largest verdict potential," said Dewey W. Wells, a former state court judge who litigated against Mr. Edwards as a defense lawyer.
The focus is not on exempting have-a-go heroes from being prosecuted for assault, but rather about granting protection for "heroes" against being sued, or litigated against for neglecting their statutory duties in the heat of the moment.
Certainly being a public-interest litigator and litigating against government, primarily, for all of my legal career, would seem to be fringe, but actually I've been blessed with clients who were really constructive clients.
"We won't be shy about litigating against government," Mr. Siegel said.
Individual cases are too expensive to litigate against a determined adversary like Merck.
One of the prosecutors litigating against Hood in recent proceedings is an assistant state's attorney named Kurt Smitko.
He scrambled to put Inc. in a position to litigate against such a sale and to develop an alternative transaction.
