On September 9, 2009, the Maryland Public Service Commission rejected the application as improperly filed.

Instead, the Justices ruled that they could not decide the case after all, because it had been improperly filed by the commission.

The New York State Court of Claims threw out Mr. Long's lawsuit in 2003, saying it had been filed improperly and too late.

But relevant information was sometimes hidden, improperly filed, or lost amid gigabytes of similar data.

But the I.R.S. has said that from 27 percent to nearly 32 percent of last year's claims were filed improperly, because of either fraud or honest mistakes.

Instead, the Court held that the habeas corpus petition had been improperly filed.

At the same time, Federal investigators have obtained evidence that Columbia hospitals in at least four states may have improperly filed for Government reimbursement on expenses incurred in recruiting doctors.

As his lawyers made drawn out speeches, hoping to avoid judgment on the technicality of an improperly filed indictment, Jackson's condition steadily worsened.

However, Roberts Broadcasting filed an appeal, stating that the licenses to cover were improperly filed upon the digital transition.

It was improperly filed in federal court in New York instead of South Carolina, where Padilla was being detained.