Third, the trial court must decide whether the explanation is pretextual.

"That the record does not support the prosecutor's reasons suggests they were pretextual."

Wolf said those concerns were "either pretextual or can be dealt with."

"I think it was a pretextual way of closing it down."

The bulk of the research literature in this area focuses upon pretextual traffic stops.

If an officer uses a certain law to achieve an objective, does that make it pretextual?"

The question remains, however, of whether this explanation is pretextual with regard to the pre-competition period.

Therefore, these motions for resolution seem pointless and pretextual.

This reform would also limit the ability of a board to create a pretextual justification for what is in fact a discriminatory rejection.

There is nothing to indicate that this explanation is unfounded or pretextual.

The Tribunal must look to see if the respondent has provided an answer which is reasonable and is not pretextual.

He disputed Wolf's finding that the security concerns expressed by prison officials were "either pretextual or can be dealt with."

"Roberts seems untroubled by what people would think of as pretextual searches," Rotenberg said.

The Tribunal finds that this explanation is pretextual.

A rationale is pretextual if it applies equally to a similarly situated juror who was seated.

In other words, it does not matter if the traffic stop was pretextual, so long as there was independent justification for the stop.

I have not been persuaded that CSL's explanation is pretextual.

The Strittmater decision has been described as a pretextual decision arising from the judges' biases.

Our experience is this is pretextual.

That is a pretextual argument!

According to a former colleague, he made heavy use of "pretextual traffic stops," focussing on out-of-state rental cars.

If the employee later files a lawsuit, the employer's attempts to rely on the omitted deficiency will appear pretextual, at best.

I find the RCMP’s explanations reasonable and not pretextual.

Lehman rejected those grounds as "pretextual," saying Goldman was looking for an excuse to "avoid its contractual obligations."

Defendant presented a coherent explanation for the structure of the market and plaintiff did not claim this explanation was pretextual.