This was one of the infamous "one drop" laws that contended that whiteness could be defined, and defended, absolutely.
The judge stayed a lawsuit that contended the county's sewer debt had been incurred unconstitutionally and needed to be written down more than the new deal proposes.
The race was the target of rights groups that contended it glossed over Bahrain's political problems while antigovernment protesters intensified their demonstrations against the Sunni-led government.
Some said they were unmoved by the securities fraud charges that contended Mr. Kozlowski and Mr. Swartz did not properly disclose some loan programs.
1 A Deadly Lesson The founder of a group that contended alcoholics could drink in moderation has pleaded guilty to vehicular homicide after a binge drinking episode.
Louis Vuitton, the luxury goods maker, has won a French lawsuit that contended that a music video by Britney Spears violated counterfeiting laws, The Associated Press reported.
His arrest followed an audit by Suffolk County that contended that some $350,000 in bureau funds had been misspent under Mr. Hollander's leadership.
For five years, the company has been fighting a whistle-blower suit filed in federal court in San Antonio that contended widespread abuse of Medicare.
Anthony Blunt was a disciple and friend of Bloomsbury, but he also had much in his own background that contended with his Englishness.
An appeals court yesterday upheld the dismissal of a multibillion-dollar lawsuit that contended that Pfizer impermissibly used a university's patent for the painkiller Celebrex.
Several lawyers also said they were not aware of an insider-trading case that contended that the government was the party from which the information taken.
