The case was deemed frivolous by the judge and the court awarded Stanford $12,000 in attorneys' fees, payable by Spirtos and his attorney.

A claim may be deemed frivolous because existing laws unequivocally prohibit such a claim, such as a so-called Good Samaritan law.

Filing a claim that is ultimately deemed frivolous can be highly damaging to the attorney so filing.

To be deemed frivolous, a litigant's arguments must strike beyond the pale.

But the Senate version requires that a judge consider sanctions against lawyers who bring suits deemed frivolous.

He saw himself as recording an event, not a period, and went to considerable lengths to exclude what he deemed frivolous or extraneous.

Mr. Solerwitz was suspended for a year by a Federal court "for clogging its calendar with appeals it deemed frivolous."

In some instances, arguments asserting highly unlikely interpretations have been deemed frivolous.

And after a Federal court suspended him for one year for clogging its calendar with appeals it deemed frivolous, his livelihood is in jeopardy.

The case was dismissed, deemed frivolous, and all other forward cases were deemed frivolous due to a prior ruling.