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lawsuit
[ law-soot ]
noun
- a case in a court of law involving a claim, complaint, etc., by one party against another; suit at law.
lawsuit
/ -ˌsjuːt; ˈlɔːˌsuːt /
noun
- a proceeding in a court of law brought by one party against another, esp a civil action
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“It was a lot of disorder and chaos,” Byers told The Times before a recent settlement, echoing claims in her lawsuit.
He also filed a lawsuit against the Westminster Police Department on behalf of three Latino cops who said they had been treated unfairly on the basis of their ethnicity.
According to her lawsuit, filed this month in federal court in Los Angeles, Dean heard a pounding on her door and she opened up to see assault rifles pointed at her.
His updated lawsuit attempted to steer the case away from 1st Amendment issues and instead claim “60 Minutes” was a fraudulent product that harmed viewers in Texas.
After the lawsuit was filed, Border Patrol issued notice to their agents about how to make a warrantless arrest and identify themselves as agents during arrests.
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