She has admitted to her affair with the married man on national television, but questions whether the charges merit a court-martial.
In December 2011, Manning's Article 32 hearing, the military equivalent of a grand jury hearing to determine whether enough evidence existed to merit a court-martial, began.
The number of claims dropped, but the average award rose, suggesting that more high-merit cases got their day in court while low-merit filings were deterred or settled for less.
There's no merit in going to court for rugby because there is a huge amount of detail to work out.
As the American Judicature Society reported in 2009, more women nationwide reached the trial court bench through merit selection than through other method.
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The federal appeals court had concluded there was enough merit in the claims to proceed to trial on a class-action track.
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Ending patent protection usually requires a law suit, because the patent owner files follow-on patents of lesser merit to extend the patent period, and a court has to decide at what point the incremental patents are invalid.
Second, if the appeals court ultimately decides that the investors' case is without merit, companies arguably won't have to tie up extra funds fending off an onslaught of lawsuits--which could boost investor confidence.
Just how much merit the suit has will, of course, be decided in court, though it's worth noting that it had barely been filed in Chicago when speculation began that it could be a forerunner in the NHL to the NFL's burgeoning concussion lawsuit.
High Court judge Mr Justice Walker said the application was "devoid of merit".
"We conclude that all of Simpson's arguments on appeal are without merit and we therefore affirm the judgment of conviction, " Nevada's high court said in its ruling.
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The following day the constitutional court, which had earlier ruled that Mr Basescu's misdemeanours were not sufficient to merit impeachment, ruled that the impeachment proceedings were legal.
In granting a preliminary injunction, state Supreme Court Justice Manuel Mendez said a lawsuit brought by a group of parents challenging the penalty has merit.
David Bernstein articulately stated how after numerous arguments at lower court levels to prepare, they are still utterly incapable of presenting a valid limiting principal or constitutional merit for the mandate.
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