Sentences with phrase «lacked legal grounds»

Martin had initially claimed she lacked legal grounds to charge anyone in the puppy's case, but the DA's office said a follow - up investigation by state police found Stoltzfus openly admitted he failed to obtain veterinary care for the animal as required by law.

A couple who say their wedding was disrupted because the U.S. Postal Service didn't tell them their wedding invitations needed extra postage lacked legal grounds to sue the agency, a U.S. judge has ruled.

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This lack of transparency could actually also be grounds for yet more legal action against Trump, in fact, since it looks very likely that it's a violation of the Federal Advisory Committee Act to not hold these advisory meetings from business leaders open to the public, though the administration denies any of its actions have contravened this order.

The Obama Administration opposed the suing states in this case largely on grounds that they lack standing, marking a rare instance in which the Administration finds itself at odds with environmentalists on a major legal issue.

[viii] The Los Angeles Times (Nov. 14, 2011) described the outcome of the Compton parent trigger as «legal defeat when the petition was found lacking on largely technical grounds.»

Louisiana should explicitly make teacher ineffectiveness grounds for dismissal so that districts do not feel they lack the legal basis for terminating consistently poor performers.

If your child was injured at school due to legal negligence such as faulty school equipment, lack of supervision or faculty abuse, you could have grounds for a lawsuit.

Quebec civil procedure distinguishes between «declinatory exceptions», which are preliminary motions to stay or dismiss based on absence of personal or subject - matter jurisdiction (compétence)[Quebec Code of Civil Procedure, arts. 163 - 164] and «exceptions to dismiss» (moyens de non-recevabilité), which are motions to stay or dismiss on other grounds: (i) res judicata or lis pendens, (ii) lack of legal capacity to sue or be sued, (iii) plaintiff's lack of standing, and (iv) no reasonable cause of action [C.C.P., arts. 165 - 167].

One of the appellant's grounds of appeal was her lack of legal competency, but the Court found that this argument had no merit:

We understand this fine lacks grounds, and are exploring all legal options at our disposal.»