In recognition of the unprecedented case's constitutional importance, 11 supreme court justices will hear the arguments.
The Extraordinary African Chambers, a special international criminal tribunal set up in Senegal by the African Union, is trying the former leader of Chad, in an unprecedented case of one African country holding the ruler of another responsible for crimes.
In an unprecedented case, 37 fraternity brothers are facing charges in Deng's death.
In an unprecedented case, the civil liberties group sued the state in 2007 over its failure to fulfill the constitutionally protected right to an attorney, which extends to anyone accused of a crime, including those who can't afford legal representation.
"This is made crystal clear and the board is in full agreement – this was an unprecedented case and it was not possible to foresee that Shannon would fall prey to abduction by people closest to her. "We are very firm in that belief, though we accept there are areas of criticism in the report and we agree with them".
"If you think of it more broadly in that way, this isn't an unprecedented case".
"The recall election in particular is an extraordinary, and in this case, unprecedented exercise of public sentiment," the judge said in his order today.
This was a rare, almost unprecedented, case of a government prosecution of a whistleblower ending in total defeat and failure.
Now the unprecedented case, in which Kenya's President, Uhuru Kenyatta, is accused of masterminding horrific sectarian violence following elections six years ago, will open in February.
The outcry over the Delhi gang rape made it an unprecedented case in a criminal justice system that fails thousands of rape victims.
Now both men are suing the NYPD for surveillance records on themselves in what transparency advocates say is an unprecedented case about government secrecy.
