We knew that we couldn't afford a blanket rule for the whole of Gloucestershire, so we thought can we be a bit more sophisticated?
The right ruling will not involve a blanket rule to cover all prior bad acts but rather a meticulous examination of each to see if it constitutes a signature, or m.o., that Cosby replicated in the Constand incident.
Should there be a blanket rule for all sports that prevents youth under the age of 18 or 21 from turning pro?
"You can't have a blanket rule to pregnancy alone," Ms. Greenberger said.
Teifion Rees, chair of governors at Cwrt Sart Community Comprehensive in Briton Ferry, who has been campaigning to save his school from closure, says there should not be a blanket rule for all schools.
"We have all agreed that if they make a blanket rule, that will be the death of them," he said.
On the other, he said, he could think of "counterexamples" to a blanket rule that said "never sue a corporation".
"It seems to me that your rule imperils individual dignity in a way that the blanket rule does not," he said, referring to the policies of the New Jersey county jails who strip-searched every arrestee regardless of suspicion.
With the court sticking closely to the facts of Mr. Martin's case and avoiding a blanket rule, it is unclear how much impact the decision may have.
