Some rich landowners felt that it violated the old social contract between the rich and the poor, by making it less paternalistic.

The suit alleged that Coors violated copyright law by making a program similar to iBeer.

An Istanbul prosecutor has ordered an investigation of whether the newspaper violated the law by encouraging violence and making targets of official figures.

And, she said, Ms. Johnson violated the board's bylaws by making the decision without the executive committee's involvement.

The lawyers of drug suspects have also raised complaints, saying the system violates their clients' right to an adequate defense by making judges inaccessible to them.

Often, Trebek violates the rules by making the selection himself.

Federal regulators accused Household International of violating securities laws by making false and misleading statements.

He had been afraid that some of them would think he was throwing his weight around when he violated precedent by making her a Lensman.

Congress seems determined to write the Fairness Doctrine into law, while penalizing broadcasters who violate it by making them pay fines.

He was arrested once in April 1998, for violating an order of protection by making a threatening phone call, but not for hitting his wife.