Collecting counterfeits and forgeries is a controversial area because of the possibility that counterfeits might someday reenter the coin market as authentic coins, but US statutory and case law do not explicitly prohibit possession of counterfeit coins.

As is the case with members of various other controversial subcultures and alternative lifestyles, outsiders sometimes marginalize goths, either by intention or by accident.

Some believe that neck sizing will permit a larger number of reloads with a given case in contrast to full size resizing, although this is controversial.

In a controversial 1997 book, attorney Michael Trotter blamed over-reliance by American lawyers on binding and persuasive authority, rather than the merits of the case at hand, as a major factor behind the escalation of legal costs during the 20th century.

In a controversial case that strained Finland – Sweden relations and sparked an inter-IAAF battle, Nurmi was suspended before the 1932 Games by an IAAF council that questioned his amateur status.

The controversial trend of artistic teaching becoming more academics-oriented is leading to artistic research being accepted as the primary mode of enquiry in art as in the case of other disciplines.

Sometimes, it is the event itself that is the subject of the suit or prosecution ( such as a crime or personal injury ), but it may also be an event such as the discovery of a condition one wishes to redress, such as discovering a defect in a manufactured good, or in the case of controversial " repressed memory " cases where someone discovers memories of childhood sexual abuse long afterwards.

In the case of Senegal, the periodization of prehistory remains controversial.

* March 28 – Stump v. Sparkman ( 435 U. S. 349 ): The Supreme Court of the United States hands down a 5 – 3 decision in a controversial case involving involuntary sterilization and judicial immunity.

* Dismissal — some constitutions allow a Head of state ( or their designated representative, as is the case in Commonwealth countries ) to dismiss a Head of government, though its use can be controversial, as occurred in 1975 when then Australian Governor-General, Sir John Kerr, dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam in the Australian Constitutional Crisis.

It is controversial In this case, morality is defined as the set of relative social practices that promote the survival and successful reproduction of the species, or even multiple cooperating species.

Over del Corro's controversial case he even sacked the university's Vice-Chancellor.

In case of controversial and substantial changes, Philippines jurisprudence requires full-blown court lawsuit, that must include the local civil registrar in the petition, since RA 9048 and Rule 108 ( Cancellation or correction of entries in the Civil Registry ) of the Rules of Court, do not allow the change of gender in a birth certificate.

Steinhäuser's last words -- Für heute reicht's (" It's enough for today ") -- was also the title of a very controversial book about the massacre written by Ines Geipel, who alleged that there were several mistakes made by the police on the case.

The most recent case of such an occurrence was the controversial passing of an immigration law in the Bundesrat in 2002, when the delegates of Brandenburg failed to come up with the unanimous vote that the Basic Law requires of each Land's delegation in the Bundesrat.

His case became one of the most controversial in Victorian legal history.

Some decisions for awarding the prize have been controversial, the most famous case being the decision to award the prize in 1919 to Marcel Proust ; this was met with indignation, since many in the public felt that the prize should have gone to Roland Dorgelès for Les Croix de bois, a novel about the First World War.

United States v. Morrison, decided in 2000, is one controversial successor case.

The case, which is being heard by the US Court of Federal Claims, puts on trial one of the most controversial and least understood aspects of the Iraq war: the outsourcing of military security to an estimated 20, 000 armed contractors.

Immediately thereafter, lay members began to make speeches about the controversial case.

Often the music was overtly sexual in nature, as in the case of Elvis Presley, who became controversial and massively popular partly for his suggestive stage antics and dancing.

Witherspoon's next film will be Atom Egoyan's same-named adaptation of the true crime book Devil's Knot, which examines the controversial case of the West Memphis Three.

* British Telecommunications plc starts its US federal court case relating to a controversial patent that it claims gives it a monopoly on the technology of web links.

* The Scott Sisters, convicted in a controversial case that has drawn national attention

Though Robinson and people who in the past might not have espoused her causes, fought a determined battle, Wood Quay was ultimately bulldozed and concreted over, to build the controversial Civic Offices.

In 2009 a controversial rule change determined the drivers ' starting position for the entire race meeting from their qualifying position.

In practice, however, consistent application of the Prime Directive tends to be a controversial issue, and the Federation does not always abide strictly by it, such as when it attempted to strongarm the Organians into forming an alliance with it, or when it initially approved the forced relocation of the Ba ' ku from their adopted homeworld — although it was eventually determined that the Ba ' ku were not a pre-warp civilization.

The contest was held when it was determined that using one of the five communities ' names would be too controversial.

It is sometimes claimed that the IBM SSEC, operational in January 1948, was the first stored-program computer ; this claim is controversial, not least because of the hierarchical memory system of the SSEC, and because some aspects of its operations, like access to relays or tape drives, were determined by plugging.

The procedure is controversial, since most peer reviewed scientific studies conclude that the typed language output attributed to the clients is actually directed or systematically determined by the facilitator.

Organization of regional government has occasionally been controversial, as council membership is sometimes determined by the constituent municipalities rather than elected directly.

The controversial suit by Spitzer was panned in a Wall Street Journal editorial headlined, " The Anschutz Ransom ".< ref > WSJ Review and Outlook, May 15, 2003 .</ REF > The U. S. Securities and Exchange Commission and the U. S. Department of Justice extensively investigated Qwest officials, and determined that there was no justification for taking action against any board member.

The role of rafts in cellular signaling, trafficking, and structure has yet to be determined despite many experiments involving several different methods, and their very existence is controversial despite all the above.

However, in a controversial ruling, the Austrian Supreme Court determined that Adele was probably never the legal owner of the paintings.

Plans for the low-level bombing raid on the Ploesti oil refineries in Rumania originated in the Air Staff, but Brereton determined that the attack would originate from Libyan rather than Syrian bases, trained the bomber force, and ably defended the controversial low-level concept.

The existence of Article I tribunals has been controversial, and their power has been challenged before the United States Supreme Court, which has determined that Article I tribunals may exist, but that their power must be circumscribed and, when a potential deprivation of life, liberty, property, or property interest is involved, their decisions are often subject to ultimate review in an Article III court.

This is controversial, since Murray shopped himself to other teams during the 2008 off-season claiming to be " healthy ", which could hurt his chances to win the claim, although whether or not this is because he was determined ' fit to play ' by Bruins doctors on July 14 is another important issue in the grievance.

Under Mahler, a controversial figure both as a composer and conductor, the season expanded, musicians ' salaries were guaranteed, the scope of operations broadened, and the 20th-century orchestra was created.

It remains to be seen whether there is scope for a more lively ( and possibly controversial ) edition of diary extracts.

His work on this subject includes his controversial 1943 series of lectures, Majority Rule and Minority Rights, which argued for a sharply curtailed scope for judicial review, based on the history of the U. S. Supreme Court's uses of judicial review to strike down economic regulatory legislation in the first decades of the twentieth century.

The amount of influence and the scope that falls under the description of terroir has been a controversial topic in the wine industry.

Although more limited in scope than the first series due to restrictions from Paramount – which included a prohibition by Richard Arnold against the creation and use of original and non-series-related ongoing characters in the comic stories – and the controversial removal of Peter David as head writer, the series still lasted 80 issues.

A 1995 video release of these early clips, Anyone For Pennis, assured success for the controversial comedian, who sought to broaden Pennis's scope.

Especially controversial were the areas of the song that appear to condone violence towards police authorities ; lines such as " I'm a sniper with a hell of a scope / Taking out a cop or two, they can't cope / with me " and " A sucka in a uniform waitin ' to get shot / by me, or anotha nigga " directly reference the murder of police officers.

The scope of general principles of law, to which Article 38 ( 1 ) of the Statute of the ICJ refers, is unclear and controversial but may include such legal principles that are common to a large number of systems of municipal law.