Sentence examples for statutory grounds from inspiring English sources

Four other justices avoided the constitutional question altogether and struck down the program on statutory grounds.

It rested its decision on statutory grounds, which prompted Congress to amend the law to deny judicial review.

Because of the particular facts of this appeal, the court may do so on narrow statutory grounds.

In the end, however, the court may not reach the constitutional issue, instead deciding the case on statutory grounds.

In June, a federal trial judge properly allowed a lawsuit challenging the town's actions on constitutional and statutory grounds to go forward.

He decided the case on statutory grounds, having to do with the powers that Congress did or did not give to the Fed.

Nor did it prompt the executive branch to propose changes to the law that would put bulk collection on firm statutory ground.

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.

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".

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.