Sentence examples for cite precedents from inspiring English sources

The creators of "Movie 43" cite precedents like "The Kentucky Fried Movie" and "Airplane!" as prototypes.

Ms Moyer's presentation, a poster-paper of her results, was besieged by pointing fingers, clenched fists and raised voices accusing her of ignoring the work of others, failing to cite precedents and not presenting new data.

The majority said little more than that it was "cognizant" of Section 5 of Title 3. The court then went on to cite precedents designed to show that it was interpreting but not changing existing law.

The chief justice, recalling Mr. Wall's own inability to cite precedents for his position, responded in a mocking tone, "So you think it's significant if you can't point to a single case?" As the argument progressed, the justices seemed to become increasingly alert to the importance of the matter at hand.

My understanding is that Gonzales is using 'inherent authority' in the second sense, but I don't think it's particularly helpful to cite precedents on the first type of inherent authority to support a claim of the second type of inherent authority.

Perhaps it is time for adherents of the no-foreign-law school to explain just how their enlightened jurisprudence would work in practice: Is it similarly illegitimate for a state court to cite precedent from another state?

Yoo cited precedents for his position.

Same-sex marriage drew supportive mail, citing precedents in history and literature.

Appearing on CNN shortly after the memo was leaked, Ms. Crowley cited precedents for follow-up questions: On Tuesday night, voters "will have the questions.

They continued to argue that the Supreme Constitutional Court had no authority to dissolve Parliament, citing precedents in which the previous Parliament had rebuffed such judicial interventions.

At one, just a month before her hearing, Kaplan was advised by a prominent attorney to "de-gay the case," by citing precedents that had nothing to do with homosexuals.