cause of action
Americannoun
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“Each count must identify the particular legal basis for liability and contain specific factual allegations that support each cause of action within each count,” Cannon ordered.
From Salon • Sep. 7, 2025
If it did, its promoters wouldn’t have had to gin up a cause of action where none existed.
From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2024
Nonetheless, in a 2021 case Justice Neil Gorsuch raised the question as an open one: “Our cases have assumed—without deciding—that the Voting Rights Act of 1965 furnishes an implied cause of action under § 2.”
From Slate • Jun. 12, 2023
The bill also added a civil cause of action.
From Washington Times • May 3, 2023
To-morrow, at breakfast, we are to meet again, and, after making our conclusions known to one another, we shall decide on some definite cause of action.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
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