Also known as: simply
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An adverb indicating that a legal proposition applies in a simple, absolute, or unconditional manner.
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Sylvia Santos offered an expert who linked chemical exposure to illness based on animal studies alone. The district court found too great an analytical gap between the data and the opinion. On appeal the circuit affirmed the exclusion simpliciter under the abuse of discretion standard.
Stephen Shaw listed his CPA and CFP credentials in a firm brochure. The state bar sought discipline on the ground that the designations were inherently misleading. The court rejected the discipline simpliciter because the statements were truthful and verifiable.
Sarah Sullivan challenged an agency rule that added procedures beyond those in the governing statute. The court held that the agency could not impose the extra steps simpliciter because the statute already set the required process.
Stonehaven Properties argued that its single sale into the forum created jurisdiction. The court rejected that claim simpliciter because one contact did not satisfy the minimum contacts test.
Simone Sanders proffered expert testimony resting on unpublished, non-peer-reviewed data. The trial court excluded the testimony simpliciter after finding the methodology unreliable under the gatekeeping standard.
The prosecution relied on circumstantial evidence alone to prove the element of intent. The court instructed the jury that the element must be proved simpliciter beyond a reasonable doubt and not by a lesser standard.
It signals that a proposition is being applied in an absolute or unqualified way without additional conditions or qualifications.
No. The term consistently denotes a simple or absolute application of a legal rule.
…usual rule in federal cases is that an actual controversy must exist at stages of appellate or certiorari review, and not simply at the date the action is initiated. United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. , 340 U. S. 36 (1950); Golden v. Zwickler, supra ; SEC v. Medical Committee for Human Rights , 404 U. S. 403…