1.   For more than two hours Monday afternoon, the court had peppered lawyers for both sides with searching questions about how to resolve the dispute.

2.   He can dominate oral arguments before the court by peppering lawyers with questions in an aggressive style.

3.   Other justices, however, used the time to pepper lawyers with hypothetical situations.

4.   The judges conducted a feisty review of the case, giving each side about an hour to speak and peppering the lawyers with questions.

5.   The justices peppered the lawyers with questions, then disappeared quietly into their chambers, clearing the stage for the next dramatic legal showdown.