Citigroup maintains that it was legitimate to reject pleas to write off a debt for equity swap.
Under the Sixth Amendment, the Supreme Court said last year, a plea is legitimate only if a defendant has had assistance of counsel while considering it.
In Delhi Sonia Gandhi, leader of the governing Congress party, made an unusually conciliatory plea on behalf of Kashmiris' "legitimate aspirations", and blamed their anger on the brutality of the 20-year conflict.
I'm happy, because there's a legitimate reason for people to take the "don't text" plea seriously; the zero-tolerance fans are happy, because, well, there's zero tolerance.
After the plea, Mr. Mastromarino's lawyer, Mario Gallucci, said Biomedical Tissue Services started as a legitimate company with all the proper certifications.
A legitimate marketing department's ultimate mandate is balancing a sales-now battle cry versus a quieter plea for lingering equity.
As part of the plea deal, he promised he would only contact the Hillsborough County Sheriff's Office if he had a legitimate need for law enforcement or medical services, according to BayNews9.com.
It had helped Polanski by persuading his victim to support a plea deal, and by inspiring a fawning probation report; it hurt him by drawing suspicion to his legitimate travel to Germany and prompting Rittenband's erratic decisions.
It had helped Polanski by persuading his victim to support a plea deal, and by inspiring a fawning probation report; it hurt him by drawing attention to his legitimate travel to Germany and prompting [Judge] Rittenbrand's erratic decisions.
They are those who can listen to the righteous pleas of the other, who can genuinely acknowledge the pain of the other, and can recognize the legitimate aspirations of the other.
