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In at least 67 cases through March 28, the litigants made emergency requests to judges to temporarily block Trump’s policies with restraining orders or injunctions, according to a review by Steve Vladeck, a law professor at Georgetown University.
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
After an agreement to halve the punitive damages award, like any good commercial litigant, Commonfund appealed the verdict.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
But in the current landscape, there are many legal battles brought by many different litigants.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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Bart Jansen, USA Today, 5 Apr. 2025
After an agreement to halve the punitive damages award, like any good commercial litigant, Commonfund appealed the verdict.
—Robert W. Wood, Forbes.com, 26 Mar. 2025
But in the current landscape, there are many legal battles brought by many different litigants.
—Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 22 Mar. 2025
The filing noted that Mr. Trump had also asked New York’s highest court, its Court of Appeals, for an emergency stay, acknowledging that litigants must ordinarily seek relief from lower courts before turning to the Supreme Court.
—Ben Protess, New York Times, 8 Jan. 2025
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“Litigant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigant. Accessed 30 Apr. 2025.
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litigant
noun
lit·i·gant
ˈlit-i-gənt 
: a person taking part in a lawsuit
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