The phrase "a case was filed" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used in legal contexts to indicate that a formal legal action has been initiated.
Example: "After months of negotiation, a case was filed against the company for breach of contract."
Alternatives: "a lawsuit was initiated" or "a claim was submitted."
This year, court records show, a case was filed against Mr. Long for not paying his local earnings tax.
The case was filed in South Carolina, which does not have rules allowing a judge to decide if a case was filed to suppress legal speech, also known as Strategic Lawsuit Against Public Participation, or SLAPP, Hecht said.
But in an interview published recently in Gulf News, a newspaper in the emirates, he defended his department's actions, saying: "Our rules are clear in the U.A.E.; illegal drinking and sexual intercourse is considered an offense, so a case was filed against the couple as well.
Earlier that year, the City of Chicago was ordered to cover $1.5 million in claims for fertility treatments for its employees after a case was filed by a police officer who had spent thousands of dollars to conceive her two children, none of it covered by the city.
In January 2011, a case was filed against two Goatsec members, Andrew Auernheimer (aka "weev") and Daniel Spitler (aka "JacksonBrown").
Just such a case was filed by Morse Mehrban, a Los Angeles lawyer who has made Prop.
Once a case is filed, there's publicity, and witnesses come forward".
The investigation into Pequot's trading ended in 2006 without a case being filed.
Some question private meetings that board members have with applicants and their consultants before a case is filed.
If a case is filed, seafood importers will side with the foreign defendants on behalf of consumers, arguing that this is not a case of dumping but a textbook example of the theory of comparative advantage.
But the final agreement has been stalled because German business leaders were dissatisfied with the "statement of interest" that the Clinton administration offered to submit to American courts whenever such a case is filed.
