Sentence examples for decisions are contrary from inspiring English sources

It has become a defining characteristic of American soccer, the certitude that even when skill and tactics are insufficient, and referees' decisions are contrary and damaging, somehow resolve can prevail.

When these decisions are contrary to the judgment of the clinician it raises the issue of where does legal liability fall.

Instead, he must prove that the state court's decision was "contrary to" what the Supreme Court has determined is "clearly established federal law," or that the decision was "an unreasonable application of" it.

"The decision is contrary to the recommendations of all parties having an interest in the case and will delay justice and payments to Holocaust victims, a significant number of whom are dying each month".

The network, on its Web site, called the closing unjustified and said the decision "is contrary to pledges made by the Iraqi government to start a new era of free speech and openness".

Under a 1996 federal law, a state inmate must show that a state court decision was "contrary to or involved an unreasonable application of" federal law as interpreted by the Supreme Court.

Anti-doping experts argue that the IOC's decision is contrary to the principles established when Wada was created in the late 1990s to provide a universal approach to fighting doping.

First, a state court decision is "contrary to our clearly established precedent if the state court applies a rule that contradicts the governing law set forth in our cases" or "if the state court confronts a set of facts that are materially indistinguishable from a decision of this court and nevertheless arrives at a result different from our precedent".

The law provides that in reviewing a habeas corpus petition, the federal court cannot set aside a state court decision unless the decision "was contrary to, or involved an unreasonable application of, clearly established federal law, as determined by the Supreme Court of the United States".

"Xerox strongly believes that the decision is contrary to well-established New York law vesting the Board of Directors of Xerox with the business judgment to enter into the transaction agreement with Fujifilm and that the decision to approve should rest with Xerox's shareholders, not the Court," the company said in a follow-up statement.

While largely forced on Graham by the inadequate forces available and the inherent contradictions of Australian strategic policy, his decision was contrary to the advice of the senior task force engineer, Major Brian Florence.