11.   The case pitted the university against prominent supporters of Newlin, including Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and oil tycoon Frederick Koch.

12.   The high profile case pitted rival teams of influential lawyers.

13.   The high-profile case pitted former colleagues against each other in court and featured testy exchanges of letters between the two media giants.

14.   The Galga case pitted Benson and the state of Virginia not only against the government of Spain, but those of the United States and Great Britain as well.

15.   The Smith case pitted a man who wants children against a woman who threw hers away.

16.   While the case pits the state against Morgan Stanley, both sides have focused on Ms. Lester, a plain-spoken native Midwesterner, in their arguments.

17.   The case pitted the tribes against a group of organizations and interest groups seeking the same scarce water from the Klamath River Basin along the California-Oregon border.

18.   The case also pitted doctors and nurses against each other, with nurses arguing that they are over-worked, underpaid and abused by physicians.

19.   The case also pitted doctors and nurses against each other, with the latter arguing that they are over-worked, underpaid and abused by physicians.

20.   The case has pitted the government against the Supreme Court, which in recent months has outlawed tactics Israel has long used in battles against Arab guerrillas and militants.