complicated legal case

At the end of a protracted and complicated legal case, the court ruled against the commoners, who included some of the wealthiest landowners in Sussex.

Talking to those involved in the debate that consumed the first 18 months of the Clinton Administration is like taking depositions from witnesses in a complicated legal case: everything depends on where they stand.

First Indictment Scuttled The convictions end a complicated legal case that began with an investigation by Mr. Chertoff into a testimonial dinner in 1989 that raised more than $80,000 for Mr. D'Alessio's 1990 campaign for Essex County Executive.

In the late 1980s, Feigenbaum, as Chairman of the Philatelic Distribution Corporation was involved in a complicated legal case alleging fraud in relation to a contract with the government of Tuvalu, formerly the Ellice Islands, relating to the deliberate production of stamps with errors for sale to collectors at inflated prices.