This lawsuit was found to lack legal merit and was tossed out.

The true legal merits of this case will be finally decided in the future.

Still, whatever the legal merits, analysts agree: the complaint's symbolic power is great.

The term does not include cases that may be lost due to other matters not related to legal merit.

Paramount, in a statement, said Time's request was without legal merit.

This matter is being judged wholly on its legal merits.

The legal merits are complex but still of importance.

"Every word I had with the president was about the legal merits," he said.

He contended that the suits were "without legal merit" and should be dismissed.

Whatever the legal merits, the approach made the Government's case a much more compelling story to tell in court.