cognizable

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"No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim."

From Salon

“No reasonable lawyer would have filed it. Intended for a political purpose, none of the counts of the amended complaint stated a cognizable legal claim.”

From Washington Times

Dominion must establish legally cognizable harm from lies not merely reported by, but aggressively disseminated by, a media entity that prospered by encouraging the liars.

From Washington Post

The victim in the battery case did not involve a “cognizable protected class” that could have brought an additional hate crime charge, according to the Contra Costa County District Attorney’s Office.

From Seattle Times

“Police officers have a particular, cognizable privacy and liberty interest in not being publicly identified or having their personnel files or disciplinary records made publicly available,” the FOP’s amended complaint says.

From Washington Post