"That doesn't sort out frivolous from nonfrivolous cases," he said.

Disclose on returns all nonfrivolous tax positions whose disclosure is required to avoid penalties.

He also called the entire hearings "frivolous proceedings" that "delay the causes of litigants who have legitimate, nonfrivolous claims"

The precedent, Anders v. California, requires appellate courts to make certain that appellants whose cases contain any "nonfrivolous" issues are represented by a lawyer on appeal.

I favor executions for people who deserve such punishment, but I do not think people should be put to death before they have an opportunity to present nonfrivolous claims.

The resistance by some bishops to reporting to the civil authorities was illustrated by defeated proposals to qualify accusations that have to be reported as credible or nonfrivolous.

Prisoners must not only show a theoretical injury from inadequate access to legal materials, Justice Scalia said, but also show that "a nonfrivolous legal claim had been frustrated or was being impeded."

"We recognize, that, in some instances, the I.N.S. policy of deferring to parents - especially those residing outside of this country - might hinder some 6-year-olds with nonfrivolous asylum claims," the opinion said.

The attorney is permitted to undertake the representation if he or she, after a reasonable investigation, believes that there is (or will be) evidentiary support for the position and that the assertions of law are nonfrivolous.

The task force believes that the issue of confidentiality needs to be revisited. . . . In nonfrivolous complaints, when the matter is referred to a special committee, the general expectation should be in favor of public disclosure.

Employment authorization is far from automatic, but requires a determination by the immigration agency that the asylum claim is "nonfrivolous," and it is terminated on an applicant's failure to appear for a hearing or on denial of the application.

To the Editor: Writing about the book "Psychopathia Sexualis" $("Finding the Comedy in Yesterday's Oddballs," Feb. 23$), John Patrick Shanley confesses to making frivolous use of a work that played a nonfrivolous part in the history of psychoanalysis.

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