Sentence examples for on statute from inspiring English sources

(Engelman's civil suit was dismissed on statute of limitations grounds).

He was, however, harshly critical of a 2007 sex-discrimination ruling barring a suit from Lilly M. Ledbetter on statute of limitations grounds.

"The court has basically carved out an exception on statute of limitation claims where the party has engaged in affirmative misrepresentations or deceitful conduct," he said.

An appeals court recently sent the case back to State Supreme Court, where the veterans had previously prevailed on statute of limitations grounds.

The Florida court could now reinstate its opinion simply by making clear that it was relying solely on statute, and was just mentioning the state constitution as background noise.

Their civil suit was thrown out on statute of limitations grounds but during the publicity two of Kolko's current students, boys aged eight and nine, revealed that they too had been abused.

(The lawsuit was dismissed by a New York State court on statute-of-limitation grounds, and is currently on appeal).

The Justices, in an opinion by Samuel Alito, said that she had waited too long to bring her case, and extinguished her claim on statute-of-limitations grounds.

Other suits have been settled, and some have been dismissed before trial on statute-of-limitations grounds or because the plaintiffs could not make even a preliminary case that their injuries were caused by the defendants' products.

It was a tacit admission that the country so far has relied more on connections than on statutes and contracts.

"Members view this as a bureaucratic decision that is maybe necessary, based on statutes, but highly short-sighted".