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Washington set a precedent when it helped North Dakota, and they should just follow that here".

Mr Greenspan set the precedent when he saw off the worst of recession in spite of dotcom busts and terrorism.

That ruling was effectively given the strength of precedent when the US supreme court refused to consider the case last June.

He said the IOC set a precedent when it decided against a blanket ban for Russia from this summer's Olympics in Rio.

But Berg veered from his own precedent when he composed his second opera, "Lulu," left incomplete at his death in 1935.

Also, they would help set the precedent when it comes to tie-in merchandise down the road – especially with the release of Star Wars next year.

Were you thinking of any particular fictional precedents when you were writing it?

The debate will feed a broader controversy about whether the Supreme Court should heed foreign precedents when interpreting American law.

While we have overruled our precedents when subsequent cases have undermined their doctrinal underpinnings, we do not believe that this has happened to the Miranda decision.

As I wrote last week, there are some inappropriate precedents when considering what sort of penalty might be paid by Gov. Chris Christie of New Jersey, or other potential Republican candidates like Sarah Palin, for entering the presidential race late.

Judges on the American supreme court have already said that they may look to the Israeli legal system for precedents when they consider the ground rules for the US war on terror.