It does not take a large stretch to see the implications that precedents in cases like this would have for the activity of powerful states in countries like Syria and Afghanistan.
But, in doing so, it was asking the Court to reject other precedents, in cases involving things other than phones, that related to the kind of very private information and person-to-person communications that the government can get from a smartphone.
Lawyers and legal experts said the court's opinion would probably not shift precedent in cases in which a parent is accused of neglecting a child's needs.
Even without the final imprimatur of the Supreme Court, the ruling would serve as an important precedent in cases across the country, according to Olson, and give those intent on denying same-sex couples the right to marry considerable pause before pushing for new ballot measures or filing legal challenges.
The Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal of the lower court's decision, so the 2010 appellate ruling stands as the precedent in cases regarding digital royalties.
The Lochner decision has been used as a precedent in cases challenging the ability of the federal government to regulate wages, hours, and working conditions and the rights of labor unions.
In 1938, the landmark trial of gynaecological surgeon Aleck Bourne, who successfully defended his decision to perform an abortion on a fourteen-year-old girl who had been raped, established a precedent in case law by which medical practitioners, acting in good faith, could legitimately perform abortions.
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There are some precedents in American cases.
Since the original trial, precedents in other cases would probably exclude the disputed confession from a new trial and would preclude retrying the "depraved indifference" murder charge in the mother's death, the state said.
At the hearings, Judge Alito said he would keep an open mind about the weight of precedents in such cases, while confirming that his past writings represented his views at the time.
