The phrase "a straightforward case of" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a situation or example that is clear and uncomplicated, often in a legal or analytical context.
Example: "This is a straightforward case of negligence, where the defendant failed to exercise reasonable care."
Alternatives: "a clear example of" or "an obvious instance of".
That would make it a straightforward case of burglary.
For Mr. Mahanoori, the expulsion of the Pandits was a straightforward case of betrayal.
This was a trial on two levels: On one level, it was a straightforward case of brutal torture and murder.
Even a straightforward case, of a Syrian man interviewed this month near Nuremberg, consumed well over an hour, with translation for each question and answer.
What looked like a straightforward case of racism, though, may well be something more complicated: a breakdown in doctor-patient communications.
Despite the impulse, online and elsewhere, to attribute it to some innately French point of view, this wasn't a straightforward case of cultural difference.
Its central argument is a straightforward case for the virtues of smaller government and the futility of efforts to redistribute wealth.
Todd Kloots: pushState to the Future A straightforward case study of Twitter's decision to implement the pushState feature of HTML5, and the work they needed to do to support it.
A straightforward case is that of the joint FAO/IAEA division (Programme 2.1.5) on account of the contractual obligation to meet part of the cost of the staff in the IAEA Seibersdorf Laboratory, and the desire to demonstrate FAO's continuing commitment to maintaining an acceptable cost-sharing arrangement with its partner organization.
"It looked like a straightforward case," Bill Frelick, director of Human Rights Watch's refugee programme, commented – but the court did not see it that way.
"The report presents a pretty straightforward case of fraud," said Senator Jon S. Corzine, a Democrat from New Jersey and a former executive at the investment firm of Goldman , Sachs
