It would seem to be an open-and-shut case, suicide brought on by ill health.
Every day he encountered what appeared to be open-and-shut cases.
President Clinton's senior staff kept saying it was a straightforward suicide, an open-and-shut case.
But if this is such an open-and-shut case, why are we still asking questions?
In such an open-and-shut case, why won't he even say a word?
The alternative theory: it's one way you can beat what seems like an open-and-shut case against a client.
This body doesn't know what to do with an open-and-shut case, much less one that requires digging.
Everyone thought it was an open-and-shut case that would be completed in a few weeks with a guilty verdict.
The police call it an open-and-shut case, and Kirk agrees.
But then again, you didn't need a lot of proof for an open-and-shut case.