frivolous lawsuit
Meritless legal action
A frivolous lawsuit is a legal action filed without genuine merit or reasonable legal basis, often to harass, delay, or extract a settlement rather than to obtain legitimate relief.
Courts may dismiss such suits and impose penalties on those who file them.
The term is frequently used by tort reform advocates to argue that excessive litigation burdens the legal system: Critics dismissed the case as a frivolous lawsuit designed to generate publicity.
- meritlessLacking justifiable basis
- nuisanceCause of aggravation
- slip and fallLose footing, then collapse
- settlementResolved dispute or colony
- class actionLawsuit filed for many
dismissed · vexatious · litigious · courtroom · damages · plaintiff · defendant · deep pockets · tort · tort reform · slander · defamation · shakedown · legal fees · judge · thrown out · baseless · spurious
- threatsdanger, threats, menace, death threats, ransom note
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Precedent-setting court decision
Brown v. Board of Education · Roe v. Wade · test case · Marbury v. Madison · civil rights case
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