He sued, even though he had not exhausted his post-termination administrative remedies.

Through aides, Mr. Kean made it clear that he was deferring action until the teachers had exhausted their legal remedies.

"This is a predictable result, since Ms. Lambert had not exhausted her remedies in the state courts," he said.

The second issue in this case was whether plaintiffs must exhaust their remedies before the Water Board prior to bringing action in court.

The suit was dismissed on procedural grounds for failure to exhaust Mansur's civil remedies in the Netherlands courts.

The court ruled that a student must first exhaust his administrative remedies, i.e. with the Athletic Association, before filing suit to be reinstated.

They want me to 'exhaust' my remedies.

Bates also ruled that the court lacked jurisdiction over the claim because the couple had not yet exhausted their administrative remedies.

Among other things it requires prisoners to exhaust a prison's "administrative remedies" for mistreatment before they can sue.

The suit was dismissed by the local court, essentially because it was so poorly drafted, but also because Ryan had not exhausted her legal remedies.