The phrase "a bogus case" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or legal matter that is fraudulent, false, or lacking in merit.
Example: "The lawyer dismissed the allegations, stating that it was nothing more than a bogus case designed to tarnish his reputation."
Alternatives: "a fraudulent case" or "a sham case".
He called Mr. Nelson after his arrest, and Mr. Nelson has been vocal about what he calls a bogus case.
If you tried to point out that the Bush administration was obviously cooking up a bogus case for war, one that didn't bear even casual scrutiny; if you pointed out that the risks and likely costs of war were huge; well, you were dismissed as ignorant and irresponsible.
"I say the evidence will show this is a bogus case being orchestrated by Woody Allen's handlers," he said, adding that Mr. Allen's associates had been "hoping to get a quick, large payment" with their charges, and that when that was unsuccessful, they filed suit.
Of course, it would later be revealed how the Bush administration began considering the invasion right after 9/11 -- despite the attacks having had nothing to do with Hussein -- and cherry-picked evidence, ignored U.N. inspectors, made a bogus case for WMDs in the media, and rushed to war without adequate post-invasion planning.
The White House could argue, as Mr Clinton did in his grand jury deposition, that the Jones case was a bogus lawsuit fuelled by right-wing money, and that the case built against him by Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel, over the Monica Lewinsky affair is built entirely on this unsound foundation.
From the beginning, however, Ms. Doumanian's and Mr. Safra's lawyer, Peter Parcher, stressed an entirely different view: that the "bogus" case was orchestrated by Mr. Allen's handlers, who were "hoping to get a quick, large payment".
"The crown and the US government have used this opportunity in a weak moment to make up the bogus case for me having breached my bail conditions.
His paper made the bogus case that gravity, too, was a "social construction".
The architects of the Iraq war are back in TV studios and on op-ed pages, as are journalists and pundits who promoted the Bush administration's ultimately bogus case for invading.
That blew up when United States District Judge Janis Jack of Corpus Chrisi, Tex., blasted lawyers in a 249-page decision citing thousands of bogus cases while slamming the entire process, sanctioning plaintiffs'-side law firms and calling medical findings "worthless".
I was the first journalist to stand trial, the first of many bogus cases, which resulted in my receiving a sentence of 2 years imprisonment with hard labor.
