The phrase "action in a case" is correct and usable in written English.
It is typically used in legal contexts to refer to a legal proceeding or lawsuit involving specific parties and issues.
Example: "The judge ruled in favor of the plaintiff, concluding that there was sufficient evidence to support the action in the case."
Alternatives: "legal proceeding" or "lawsuit".
The issue dates from last summer, when the United States Supreme Court upheld affirmative action in a case involving admissions to the University of Michigan Law School.
Police are under instructions to take no further action in a case only when "it has been thoroughly investigated and there is insufficient evidence to justify charge".
Although Medtronic acknowledges that, under certain circumstances, a California court has the power to issue a TRO prohibiting a party from taking action in a case pending in another jurisdiction that would interfere with the California court's proceedings, it asserts that the Court of Appeal here erred in concluding that the TRO entered in this action was proper.
"They have seen fit to lift the stays without opinion," Judge Horowitz said of the justices, though legal experts noted that the Supreme Court itself had often cautioned that nothing should be read into its declining to take action in a case.
"The last thing you want to do is take any precipitous action in a case like this because there might be a self-defense claim," said a law enforcement official who asked not to be quoted by name because he is not authorized to speak about the case.
It was the first time a West Virginia governor had taken such action in a case in which the state was not a party, one expert said, and Mr. Manchin's actions angered plaintiffs, who argued that the executive branch was inappropriately pressuring the judicial branch.
Rather than deport an alien, they may: defer action in a case--indefinitely if they want; stay a deportation; grant voluntary departure and extend that special status to allow an alien to remain in the country until a future date.
While audits of churches continued over the years, they appeared to have slowed down considerably after a judge rebuffed the agency's actions in a case involving the Living Word Christian Center and a supposed endorsement of Ms. Bachmann in 2007.
The appropriate course of action in such a case may well be to permit a jury to resolve the conflict.
The action came in a case brought by a journalist to unseal a much larger collection of information about court-ordered electronic surveillance in closed criminal investigations in the nation's capital.
"However, GAO found that Justice does not track key summary case information, such as the last action taken in a case.
