improvidently

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In their brief order dismissing the case "as improvidently granted," they justices said that their action will allow the matter to proceed before the New Orleans-based 5th U.S.

From Reuters • Jun. 26, 2023

Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. noted a second development: The court “dismissed as improvidently granted” a case on the scope of the attorney-client privilege.

From New York Times • Jan. 23, 2023

During the AT&T regime, “WarnerMedia was improvidently concentrating its investments in streaming and ignoring its other business lines,” the lawsuit said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 28, 2022

Not only can the majority issue a decision contrary to the one the minority might have been itching for, but—strangely—it can also simply dismiss the case as improvidently granted.

From Slate • Mar. 28, 2013

This power vested in the Secretary of the Interior might itself be improvidently exercised and subject to abuse.

From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 3: Grover Cleveland, First Term by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)