Although it was unnecessary to decide the alternative argument, the court addressed it briefly anyway.

The alternative arguments need to be made loud and clear.

I offer the following three alternative arguments.

The court did not reach the tribe's alternative argument that the state had consented to suit.

In the Jeffries case, the defense asserted two alternative arguments from the beginning of the case.

An alternative argument indicates that the first lion had a severely damaged tooth that would have compromised its ability to kill natural prey.

As an alternative argument, the government maintained that the resolution provided all the necessary authority, despite its omission of any reference to detention.

So state officials decided on an alternative argument; that many of the clinic's mammograms were too flawed to be read in the first place.

Caldwell goes on to say that "Let's Make Money is not a serious alternative economic argument.

Roger Penrose and others have also offered alternative arguments for variants of the original positive energy theorem.