The sale resulted in a long and acrimonious legal fight between Bates and Marler Estates.

But a string of accidents, combined with a succession of fairly mild winters, has provoked an acrimonious fight in the Michigan Legislature over whether new laws are needed to discourage ice anglers from taking excessive risks.

Their bid to gain control, part of a long and acrimonious fight, failed.

She became involved in an acrimonious legal fight with her stepmother, Rose Porteous, in 1992 over the circumstances of her father's death and control of the Hancock assets.

Tulsa's quest for a satisfactory water supply in the early 1900s soon developed into an acrimonious political fight and a personal feud between Lorton and Page.

But the romance of the hotel has faded, replaced by an acrimonious fight over whether it should be saved.

Lennon and McCartney attempted to gain ownership of the publishing rights, but their bid to gain control, part of a long and acrimonious fight, ultimately failed.

'Mystery man' Mustafa Ameen will attempt to defend his ringside conduct as second body examines acrimonious fight.

Such a policy leads to even more acrimonious fights and is an archaic policy, many legal insiders agree.

When the bill was brought up earlier, it spurred an acrimonious fight.