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bandyaboot | 7 months ago

And to add, the lawsuit didn’t lose on its merits, but on lack of jurisdiction.

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Incipient|7 months ago

I feel like for lack of jurisdiction, the courts should refuse to hear the case, rather than have it count as a "lost" case?

ncallaway|7 months ago

I mean, that's basically what happens.

The "lost her case" language is very much a public narrative around the court case, but from the legal perspective, her suit was dismissed for a lack of jurisdiction, which is pretty much the court refusing to consider the case.