Sentence examples for narrow statutory from inspiring English sources
Because of the particular facts of this appeal, the court may do so on narrow statutory grounds.
These were tensions that underlay the challenge to the Voting Rights Act that the justices deflected with a narrow statutory ruling last week.
Instead, the court ruled on a narrow statutory ground, saying the utility district in Austin, Tex., that had challenged the constitutionality of the law might be eligible to "bail out" from being covered by it.
Both bodies have relatively narrow statutory powers, but – through public scrutiny of those in power – very considerable ability to criticise and censure, as well as to identify and recommend changes and improvements.
In the end, the court, in an 8-to-1 decision, ducked the central question and ruled instead on a narrow statutory ground, saying the utility district in Austin, Tex., that had challenged the constitutionality of the law might be eligible to "bail out" from being covered by it.
The court instead ruled on a narrow statutory ground, saying the utility district in Austin, Tex., that had challenged the constitutionality of the law — along with other government entities around the nation — might be eligible to "bail out" from being covered by it.
The justices today vacated the conviction on the narrower, purely statutory ground that the law "does not reach an owner-occupied residence that is not used for any commercial purpose".
Such challenges fit into a broader landscape strewn, experts said, with narrow readings of statutory language and broad principles of election law.
We have seen in the recent Assange case how difficult this can be - even on a relatively narrow issue of statutory interpretation.
While the Supreme Court almost always restricts itself to cases involving constitutional questions or conflicting decisions among federal appellate court circuits, Microsoft's lawyers today presented what appeared to be a narrow question of statutory construction.
But Microsoft's lawyers argue the court must resolve a narrow question of statutory construction concerning when a trial judge must be disqualified.
