merits of the case in a sentence

Examples

1. These issues are unrelated to the merits of the case,
2. Now the merits of the case are before the justices.
3. As for Microsoft, he declines to weigh in on the merits of the case.
4. HUD spokesman Stan Vosper said he could not discuss the merits of the case.
5. I turn, therefore, to the merits of the case.
6. He didn't even touch the merits of the case.
7. Harrington said that the overall merits of the case regarding church-state entanglement are still unresolved.
8. SonicBlue went bankrupt before the court reached a decision on the merits of the case.
9. Lawsuits were won through intimidation and other methods rather than the merit of the case.
10. This was done, and we are able to deal with the merits of the case.