So questions like this come up a lot and it reflects a misunderstanding of how courts work, so I figured I'd address it a bit more broadly. Every case gets "heard," if by "heard" you mean "a court looks at the arguments and considers them".
https://twitter.com/sdcowboy85/status/1343927878048600072
Sometimes that happens only on a motion to dismiss, when the court hears arguments that the case can't possibly win even if all the facts it claims are actually true, and then dismisses the case. Sometimes it happens on summary judgment, after discovery, when the parties argue
that the evidence conclusively proves their version of the facts, so they should win. Sometimes it's after a trial.
But our courts have NO mechanism for a judge to just randomly look at a case and say "wow, this is stupid, I dismiss it"
But our courts have NO mechanism for a judge to just randomly look at a case and say "wow, this is stupid, I dismiss it"
So, back to the original point: Every case gets "heard". Even if it's only in the form of the Plaintiff getting to explain why they think their allegations, if true, would mean they win, and even if the judge then says "no, you lose anyway," they've been "heard"
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