Sentence examples for precedent of which from inspiring English sources

In deciding what constitutional importance to attach to the rates, Judge Scheindlin may be forced to rely more on instinct than legal precedent, of which there is little.

One precedent of which the justices need no reminder is Korematsu v. United States, the 1944 Supreme Court decision that upheld, to the country's lasting regret and eventual formal apology, the wartime detention of 110,000 Americans of Japanese descent, most of them citizens.

While unusual, this has precedents, of which the closest is probably French soccer's decision to leave its national title unawarded in 1993 following the exposure of bribery by the champion, Marseille.

Whilst not widespread, reports of the reactivity of lattice N are not without precedent, some of which were already mentioned in the section relating to binary nitride catalysts applied to ammonia synthesis.

Sampling approaches appeared to have been driven by a combination of specific hypotheses and research goals; convenience and logistical feasibility; and historic precedent, all of which became incorporated into formal protocols.

"He agreed that it is the unusual case in which a prevailing Supreme Court precedent would be overturned," said Mr. Lieberman, adding, "He basically said -- I want to be careful about this, not putting words in his mouth -- that Roe was precedent on which people, a lot of people relied, that it had been precedent for decades and therefore deserves great respect".

The court never offers any meaningful analysis of how or why the Serrano and Butt precedents (both of which are about funding) can be applied to these facts.

Barzani said Iraq should look to the precedent of Czechoslovakia, which peacefully separated into two countries following the end of communism.

Looming in the background is the precedent of North Korea, which agreed on a disarmament deal with America in 2005, then reneged on it and has now become a nuclear power.Go after their walletsMr Obama's terms therefore should be both clear and tough and focus on denying Iran the possibility of a swift "breakout" to unveiling a bomb.

Putin aired a list of foreign policy grievances going back to 2000, saying "we were cheated again and again, with decisions being taken behind our back", and insisted that it was ludicrous to claim the precedent of Kosovo – which was recognised by the west as an independent country following its secession from Serbia – as unique.

This would follow the precedent of Big Tobacco, which in 1997 offered to put hundreds of billions of dollars on the table, and accept some regulatory restraints, to settle lawsuits for its past misconduct and effectively preclude new litigation.