Sentence examples for case turned on from inspiring English sources
The case turned on two latent prints—one found on the getaway car's steering wheel and the other on its gear lever that were said to link him to the crime.The details of the case are tortuous; Mr Mitchell's conviction was upheld this year, but his lawyer Robert Epstein, another doubter of the value of fingerprints, is still trying to have it overturned.
The question of statutory interpretation at the heart of the case turned on what Congress meant by "any requirement".
The case turned on the use of forged documents to try to defame Mr. Sarkozy and others by linking them to secret accounts supposedly containing kickbacks from arms sales to Taiwan.
The case turned on the proper interpretation of a provision of the law that bars ordinary lawsuits "if the injury or death resulted from side effects that were unavoidable even though the vaccine was properly prepared and was accompanied by proper directions and warnings".
But the New Jersey case turned on local political realities that appear to give blacks sufficient influence to elect a candidate of their own choosing even though they do not account for a majority of the new district's voters -- a situation that does not apply in other states.
A daily cycle (2.5 °C range) is caused by the lights at the bottom of the display case, turned on each morning.
Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg asked Mr. Sekulow a question that she described as "really what the case turns on".
"If they really believe that their case turns on being able to surprise a witness, I think their case rests on fairly thin threads to begin with," Ms. Coakley said.
Dianne Nicol, a professor of law at the University of Tasmania, observes that "this case turns on whether an isolated gene sequence has markedly different characteristics from a gene that occurs in the human body.
The case turns on whether a profit-making corporation is a "person," for purposes of RFRA and can therefore claim an exemption based on the religion of its shareholders.
In their view, the case turns on whether there are important differences between same-sex and opposite-sex couples, and they offer the ability to procreate as one important distinction.
