They have been on the same side in all 24 contested decisions in which both participated, a record held by no other pair of Justices.

Another step would be requiring health maintenance organizations to justify contested decisions before an independent arbitration board.

The legitimacy of the Sfatul Ţării was also brought into question, although the only contested decision is the unification act.

But the bitterly contested decision, in a gambling dispute in Florida, raises the specter of a system in which states can use enhanced sovereignty to avoid accountability.

The second exception arises where the challenge to the contested decision or action is collateral, that is, it arises out of and incidentally to a some other legal claim.

The Supreme Court considered that the contested decision of the Court of Appeals had no legal justification and presented logical gaps, inconsistencies, and shortcomings.

A contested decision as milk prices are regulated by the European Union (and Greek authorities) as well as the unlawful actions of certain Greek civil servants.

In 1994, after a bitterly contested decision to move illegal vendors off 125th Street, the Giuliani administration asked the mosque to operate a market on a city-owned parking lot across Lenox Avenue.

This bitterly contested decision left open the question of how the Court intends to apply its newly limited view of Federal authority, and how aggressively it intends to police the Federal-state border.

The lawmakers could not agree on a plan for disposing of the low-level radioactive waste generated by hospitals, manufacturers and power plants, effectively delaying what is sure to be a hotly contested decision until after the elections.

South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission laid the groundwork for backtracking on one of its most contested decisions: the granting of a broad amnesty to 37 top officials of the country's ruling party.

He advanced to the semi-final round with a pair of closely contested decision victories over Jong Man Kim in the first round and Chan Sung Jung in the second round.

Ali fought against Ken Norton again in their third fight at Yankee Stadium in September 1976, where Ali won by a heavily contested decision, which led to the audience booing in the ring.

In an effort to boost low turnout, the CEC made a highly contested decision in the final hours of polling day to allow unregistered voters to cast ballots using only their identity cards, which raised fears of multiple voting.

For an appeal to be admissible, amongst other requirements, notice of appeal must be filed at the EPO within two months of notification of the contested decision, and the fee for appeal must be paid.

Others, including environmentalists and civic groups, say Mr. Schwarz's new plan is worse, because it has weakened requirements for comprehensive planning, and, like his first one, still does not propose having elected officials review such contested decisions as where to put a homeless shelter.

In a bitterly contested decision that could erase some of the recent electoral gains made by blacks in Congress and state legislatures, the Supreme Court ruled today that the use of race as a "predominant factor" in drawing district lines should be presumed to be unconstitutional.

So far, it is unclear how Mr. Bush made the most hotly contested decision of the conflict, which was the choice, recommended by Mr. Rumsfeld over the objections of many at the Pentagon, to commit a relatively small number of troops to the so-called rolling start of the war.