relitigate
Americanverb (used without object)
verb (used with object)
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And MediaTek argues it is immune from suit because Realtek once litigated Future Link’s patent case, invoking the rule that a party cannot relitigate the same claim twice.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 28, 2025
But ultimately, unlike Alsup, Chhabria did appear to leave an open legal pathway for the authors to relitigate their case on different grounds if they so wish.
From Slate ● Jun. 30, 2025
He said McGregor was seeking to relitigate the case "in the court of public opinion, abusing his considerable social media following".
From BBC ● Jan. 16, 2025
He noted the "collateral estoppel" doctrine in the case that disallows Trump and Habba from attempting to "relitigate the first trial."
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2024
In a court filing, Bauer’s attorneys claimed the woman was “dragging Mr. Bauer into further needless litigation in an improper attempt to relitigate the same issues to a different conclusion.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Nov. 21, 2022
"In the meantime, there are likely past cases that need relitigated."
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2023
The prevailing party would likely cite the doctrine of res judicata, which says that a claim that reaches judgment in one court should not be relitigated in a second.
From Reuters ● May 9, 2023
“And there’s a risk here that some of the efforts which had a lot of momentum coming out of Glasgow are being relitigated, if you will, in certain quarters.”
From New York Times ● May 25, 2022
Are you hopeful that some of the provisions could eventually be relitigated, renegotiated and passed?
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 31, 2022
Also, there was a provision about tweeting, which got relitigated this year because Musk will never log off.
From The Verge ● Dec. 12, 2019
Litigants elsewhere can invoke that ruling in follow-on cases, arguing that the government is barred from relitigating the same losing arguments.
From Salon ● Jun. 30, 2025
A large share of the speech was aimed at relitigating his grievances about past investigations into his conduct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 17, 2025
Jones said he did not want to be "relitigating the arguments of a past Conservative government".
From BBC ● Feb. 27, 2025
“It can’t just be about relitigating the past. It can’t just be talking about bills we passed,” he said.
From New York Times ● Jan. 29, 2024
It took this step to prevent parents from kidnapping their children by absconding to a different state and relitigating a custody order against them.
From Slate ● Jul. 21, 2022
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