abuse of discretion in a sentence
Examples
- Charging abuse of discretion by an official is usually a difficult legal hurdle to clear, lawyers said.
- "It's an abuse of discretion ."
- It is not an abuse of discretion unless the court believes there is no reasonable basis for it.
- Plaintiffs must prove that the commission's decision was based on " fraud or prejudicial abuse of discretion ."
- Absent such special circumstances, it would be an abuse of discretion for a court to deny leave to amend.
- These are ballots as to which even the abuse of discretion argument that the defendants make has no place.
- Newman said he will advise Islam to appeal the decision, which he called " an abuse of discretion ."
- The Court of Appeals reviewed the District Court's decision to stay London Underwriters'action for abuse of discretion, and found none.
- To insure fairness, Congress should also restore federal court review of deportation decisions for abuse of discretion by immigration officers.
- That the Board's selection emphasizes difference in tenure, rather than function, is, on this record certainly, no abuse of discretion.