1.   This Marks the first day of what is likely to be a protracted and bitter courtroom battle.

2.   This courtroom battle has been a poor advert for English justice.

3.   And there has been the suggestion that the union will go back to work pending the resolution of courtroom battles.

4.   Attorney General Janet Reno lauded attorneys in a fast-growing new specialty for putting problem-solving ahead of winning courtroom battles.

5.   A courtroom battle looms.

6.   But conservatives largely achieved their agenda, and the issue is certain to provoke a new courtroom battle over constitutional rights to free speech.

7.   But much of the hourlong show focused on the courtroom battle, which resumes today.

8.   Cigarette makers sought the restriction on class-action suits to avoid expensive courtroom battles and billions of dollars of potential damages.

9.   Document thefts, secret meetings and courtroom battles are all part of the action against the giant industry.

10.   Dunleavy won the case, but it was a tough courtroom battle, she said.