Sentence examples for applying the statute from inspiring English sources

After Judge Wu announced his decision, a visibly emotional Mr. O'Brien acknowledged that applying the statute "was a risk".

Ms. Kelly said "it turns out that New York had been erroneously applying the statute" since it was established.

The F.C.C.'s enforcement division finally declined to charge Google with violating the Communications Act after determining that there was no precedent for applying the statute to Wi-Fi communications.

Every state has a consumer fraud law on the books but the scope of those statutes differs from state and state, as do court decisions interpreting and applying the statutes.

In his testimony, Mr. Blakey, citing the history of the law's passage at a time when the United States was concerned about organized crime, said that the Russian civil court could apply the statute.

The rational nexus test does not apply where a statute treats all persons equally, but it is alleged that the authorities have applied the statute in a discriminatory manner.

Although Justice Sotomayor joined his dissent as to the meaning of the statute, she did not join the portion of his opinion arguing that to apply the statute more broadly would offend the Second Amendment.

Though a federal statute criminalized importing persons into the country for "labor or service of any kind," the Court found it absurd to apply the statute to pastors brought in to serve a church.

The first statute prohibited murder on federal land, the second statute applied the first statute to reservations, and the last had specific exceptions to prosecution.

The appellate court said it was "problematic" applying the two-year statute of limitations in a suit that charged "cumulative" acts that the plaintiff said resulted in a continuing hostile work environment.

If the federal magistrate defers to the state courts, he will be back in the Panhandle to ask a judge to apply the Texas statute that mandates DNA testing in cases like Skinner's.