Vencill, who contended he had ingested a tainted multivitamin, successfully sued a vitamin producer for negligence.
He routinely rebuffed the demands of financial lobbyists and Congressional Republicans, who contended that the agency was overstepping its authority.
Martin, who contended that Voltaggio uttered the first curse in the exchange, accepted the expulsion with customary grace.
There was heated opposition from health professionals, who contended that such labeling confused and misled shoppers.
The judge sided with prosecutors, who contended that the repeal, in 1972, did not apply retroactively.
Neither could Smith, who contended that his unassuming start was part of what motivated him.
Critics who contended the United States had fallen short in the last year can sense a change.
Also dueling outside were television commentators, who contended with each other and with the court's refusal to allow cameras inside.
"Dave was an experience," said Angela Tiberi, his younger sister, who contended with being nicknamed, "Witchie Poo".
This version of events directly contradicted accounts by witnesses who contended that there had been no exchange of gunfire.
A federal judge dismissed a lawsuit by a doctor who contended that cellphones had caused his brain tumor.
