litigant
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Article III of the Constitution “guarantees every litigant . . . the right to an independent and impartial tribunal,” the AGs write.
From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 8, 2026
What if the judiciary treated the federal government itself as a vexatious litigant?
From Salon • Feb. 15, 2025
The courts’ primary remedy in such instances is to find the defiant litigant in contempt of court.
From Slate • Feb. 13, 2025
The judge said it was "most unsatisfactory" that a litigant would attack the jury and accused him of disregarding the court rules.
From BBC • Dec. 5, 2024
A. Not invariably, because a litigant may have odd views about the importance of evidence and the time of professional advisers.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Vol. 104, May 13, 1893 by Burnand, F. C. (Francis Cowley), Sir
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