Sentence examples for Key precedent from inspiring English sources

The key precedent comes from 1977, in a case called Abood v. Detroit Board of Education.

In a concurrence, he said he would have overturned the key precedent to rule that "the Constitution does not afford students a right to free speech in public schools".

David Boies, the lawyer for Napster, faced tough questions, too, but he also appeared to score a point pertaining to a federal case involving the Sony Betamax videocassette recorder, which both sides assert offer key precedent and guidance for the judges.

Although Justice Roberts's opinion in McDonnell received widespread attention for narrowing the definition of "official act," it is Justice Alito's opinion in Ocasio that could well serve as the key precedent in this area.

The provision also applies to investment and dividend income, a key precedent toward ensuring that billionaires pay at least the same share of taxes as self-employed carpenters.

Federal Communications Commission Chairman Tom Wheeler now cites that move as a key precedent for the controversial net neutrality proposal that the agency is expected to approve Thursday.

"We had to bear in mind all that and try to keep focused the main objectives of our involvement, which was to make sure that some key precedents were set and not be drawn to too much into other points.

Judge Patti B. Saris cited that principle in the lower-court State Bank decision, noting some other key precedents: "Mental processes, and abstract intellectual concepts, are not patentable, as they are the basic tools of scientific and technological work".

These signature cases -- Perez v. Sharp and Loving v. Virginia -- served as key precedents in Massachusetts' decision in 2003 to legalize same-sex marriage.

As at 6 November 2011, Argentine anti-trust and Chinese regulatory approvals required to satisfy key conditions precedent to complete the sale had not been obtained by Bridas Corporation, nor had Bridas Corporation waived these conditions precedent, as it was entitled to do under the sale and purchase agreement.

His case could set a key legal precedent for other Holocaust convictions.