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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a precedent case" is correct and commonly used in written English.
It refers to a previous court case or legal decision that serves as an example or guide for future cases with similar circumstances. Example: The defense attorney argued that this case should be dismissed based on a precedent case from last year where similar evidence was thrown out.
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Replacement of storm-damaged buildings is also not allowed, and a precedent case on Popham Beach, Maine required that the owner remove an unpermitted building from a site where an earlier structure was damaged.
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In a key precedent case, a health department seized and destroyed 47 barrels of contaminated poultry from a cold storage plant.
The British judges did form a "provisional view" that the precedent case at the ECJ, known as Digital Rights Ireland, "does not lay down mandatory requirements of EU law with which national legislation must comply.
It is unclear how strong a precedent the case sets.
Quinn cited a precedent, a case involving Bernard King, whose suspension by the N.B.A.'s Utah Jazz for an alleged improper relationship with a woman was overturned.
In terms of what kind of a precedent this case will set, it's yet to be seen how and if the position will be taken up in Europe and further afield.
The decision could set a precedent for cases of Britons convicted abroad on contested evidence.
The Lochner decision has been used as a precedent in cases challenging the ability of the federal government to regulate wages, hours, and working conditions and the rights of labor unions.
"We kind of had everything going for us on this case and really it required it because this was a precedent-setting case".
And when the county's watchdog told NMP to refund about $229,000 in billings in seven cases last year, the law firm challenged the order in a precedent-setting case that could land before Virginia's Supreme Court.
"This appears to be a precedent-setting case," Mr. Walters said.
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