cognizable

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That case was dismissed in 2019 for a "failure to allege a cognizable legal theory"; the latest lawsuits' "natural" claims represent a different tactic.

From Salon • May 21, 2024

“In sum, plaintiffs fail to plead a cognizable injury-in-fact and thus lack standing to assert their claims. Without standing, they cannot obtain an injunction.”

From Seattle Times • Jan. 4, 2024

This issue, which goes all the way to the Supreme Court, is that everyone wants to suggest that nobody has standing to bring this litigation because Amanda has already had her cognizable harm and injury.

From Slate • Dec. 18, 2023

“Police officers have a particular, cognizable privacy and liberty interest in not being publicly identified or having their personnel files or disciplinary records made publicly available,” the FOP’s amended complaint says.

From Washington Post • Dec. 21, 2022

It belongs to the former class because it is epidemic in the largest sense, its outbreaks occurring simultaneously in remote parts of the earth and independently of all cognizable celestial or terrestrial influences.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various