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Musk became practically a full-time litigant.
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Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
As a federal judge, Talwani has a history of siding with liberal litigants, including in immigration cases.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Murdoch's British papers paid Hugh Grant and Prince Harry and 1,300 other litigants more than $1.5 billion to settle claims of people alleging phone hacking or other criminal intrusions of their privacy.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
These privileges create a important protection for qualifying communications such that an adverse litigant may not obtain discovery of these communications or use them in court.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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Jacob Silverman, MSNBC Newsweek, 1 Oct. 2025
As a federal judge, Talwani has a history of siding with liberal litigants, including in immigration cases.
—Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 10 Sep. 2025
Murdoch's British papers paid Hugh Grant and Prince Harry and 1,300 other litigants more than $1.5 billion to settle claims of people alleging phone hacking or other criminal intrusions of their privacy.
—David Folkenflik, NPR, 8 Sep. 2025
These privileges create a important protection for qualifying communications such that an adverse litigant may not obtain discovery of these communications or use them in court.
—Jay Adkisson, Forbes.com, 6 Sep. 2025
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“Litigant.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/litigant. Accessed 7 Oct. 2025.
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litigant
noun
lit·i·gant
ˈlit-i-gənt 
: a person taking part in a lawsuit
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