Sentence examples for decision established from inspiring English sources

The Batson decision established a three-step process to challenge a peremptory strike as discriminatory.

Plyler v. Doe, a 1982 Supreme Court decision, established this reasoning as a foundation for law and public policy.

Christine Pritchard, a spokeswoman for Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, said the decision established a favorable precedent for the state in several other Indian land-claims cases.

The decision established that juveniles deserve many of the same due-process rights as adults, including the right to a lawyer and the right against self-incrimination.

Finally, in 1966, the Miranda decision established a universal standard, requiring people in police custody to be read their rights before being questioned.

The decision established three principles: that a company need not have any evil intention to be guilty; that it is responsible for the actions of its employees; and that it can be prosecuted as if it were a person.

Mr. Thompson has said he opposed as an infringement on states' rights the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.

"The decision establishes in a striking fashion that Maurice Papon has been rotting illegally in prison for the last three years," Francis Vuillemin, one of his lawyers, said.

Last week Charles LeBlanc, a rooming house resident who lives on social assistance in Fredericton, New Brunswick, received a court decision establishing his journalistic credentials.

Advocates for abortion rights have pointed to polls showing that a majority of Americans support Roe v. Wade, the 1973 Supreme Court decision establishing a constitutional right to abortion.

A19 Massachusetts Court Divided Court observers of the 4-to-3 decision establishing gay marriage in Massachusetts were surprised by the degree of disagreement among the justices and the sometimes strident language they used to express it.