Sentence examples similar to the delay had a legitimate basis from inspiring English sources

Because New Haven had a reasonable belief that the test discriminated against minority applicants, it had a legitimate basis for discarding the results.

I don't think they had a legitimate basis to make the stop.......what's going on here is racial stereotyping".

Newton, Niles' former attorney, said he believes that Niles "had a legitimate basis to complain about the witness protection program...

For all we know, Mistress X may have had a legitimate basis for demanding all this money.

On the issue of the co-op's seeking to replace only the writer's windows, the board probably has a legitimate basis for doing so.

"I'd like to believe that the vast majority of the people who make a claim have a legitimate basis for it," he said.

"Federal courts are used to dealing with terrorism cases and have a legitimate basis under the law for doing so," said Shamsi, the ACLU lawyer.

He actually has a legitimate basis to be frustrated with the Venezuelan government.

"Calling someone emotional is a way to police their behavior, label them as irrational, and label them as not really having a legitimate basis for speaking," she said.

Before starting a grade appeal, determine if you have a legitimate basis to ask your professor for a grade review.

In a statement on Wednesday, its president, P. Kelly Tompkins, said the complaint against Mr. Woods "had a legitimate, technical basis".