His administration was being defied 42 years ago by the miners' union.
Downing Street officials claimed that a fresh government vote, setting out reasons why the ruling was being defied, might satisfy the European court.
The reason for this show of unity was that the Court's unanimous 1954 decision, in Brown v. Board of Education, ruling that segregated public schooling is inherently unequal was being defied by Governor Orval Faubus, of Arkansas, and the Arkansas State Legislature.
Here again, the will of parliament and government is being defied by a tiny, wealthy, anti-democratic clique of proven bullies, whose respect for the law of the land is well summed up in Rupert Murdoch's remarks to Sun journalists, as revealed last week.
The liberal capitalist order in West Germany was being defied in the late 60's and early 70's by a younger generation whose calls for revolution echoed his own; he no longer felt himself a stranger when back in Berlin or Munich, and he started writing regularly again for German opera houses and orchestras.
Any that are are defying convention, so receive negative responses for this.
Some Alabama probate judges, at least for the time being, are defying the United States Supreme Court today, refusing to grant marriage licenses to gay and lesbian couples while other judges throughout the state are granting those licenses.
Whether in Africa, Latin America, Asia, Europe or the United States, populations suffering from the highest HIV infection rates and prevalence rates are the ones that are being left behind, defying global hopes about the possible end of AIDS.
Women are being called upon to defy the ban and drive on 26 October.
We are being set up for a convention-defying finish.
At Washington Dulles International Airport in Virginia, customs and border officials on Saturday did not allow attorneys to see people — including green-card holders — who were being detained, defying a court order that required authorities to do so.
