Sentence examples for held that it applies from inspiring English sources

Adopting a novel interpretation of the clause, the court held that it applies only to commercial "activity," not to commercial inactivity.

Pannam considered the provision would only become significant if the High Court held that it applied to laws made by governments of the territories.

But for the 70 years or so before a supreme court decision in 2008, he said, "the supreme court and federal courts held that it only applied in the context of militias, the right of states to protect themselves from federal interference".

In 2010, the Fifth Circuit severely limited the scope of Granholm by holding that it only applied to wineries and not to retailers such as the plaintiff in Wine Country Gift Baskets v. Steen.

However, Andrews proceed to assume that the Act applied and held that it had not been violated.

That ruling held that constitutional due process applies at Guantánamo, meaning the government could not simply imprison someone there indefinitely with no explanation.

In order to avoid declaring the provision unconstitutional, the court held that it "must be construed to apply only to expenditures for communications that, in express terms advocate the election or defeat of a clearly identified candidate for federal office".

As such, the Federal Circuit held that district court should have applied Alice.

No appellate or trial court has held that Graham applies to those convicted of homicide.

It must be held that, if applied to plaintiff and his business, the act would violate the commerce clause of the Constitution.

The majority held that the statute applies to the reckless use of force against a domestic partner or family member, even in the absence of a conscious intent to do harm.