Sentence examples for the leading case from inspiring English sources

The leading case on the doctrine is Heath v. Alabama.

One of his ancestors signed both the Declaration of Independence and the constitution and his great-grand- father had acted for the defence in the leading case about the confidentiality of presidential documents.

It would appear that Bright is still the leading case on this topic, although (1) it was only at the High Court level so there is nothing stopping the appeal courts from examining the issue again, and (2) a lot has changed since then so a re-examination may be due in any event.

The leading case on the issue dates from 1866, when a former Confederate official argued successfully that his presidential pardon meant that he could resume his status as a member of the Supreme Court bar without taking the loyalty oath required of former Confederates.

In the famous Casey v. Planned Parenthood decision, in 1992, which is still the leading case on abortion rights, the slim five-Justice majority said that a state may not restrict access to abortions that are "necessary, in appropriate medical judgment for preservation of the life or health of the mother".

Writing the majority's decision in the leading case, that of the pilots, Justice Sandra Day O'Connor argued that the law's definition of a disability as something that "substantially limits one or more of the major life activities" means that if the impairment is corrected, it no longer meets the definition.

They treat states' rights in a truly exaggerated way, harking back to what the country looked like before the civil war and, in many ways, even before the adoption of the constitution".The leading case, Alden v Maine, was brought by a group of Maine probation officers suing for back pay under a 1938 federal labour law.

Diabetic retinopathy (DR) is the leading cause of blindness in the United States and it is the leading cause of new cases of blindness in adults aged 20 74.

Lucas v. Earl is a leading case in the area of U.S. income taxation, and stands for the Anticipatory Assignment of Income Doctrine.

The leading English case, Regina v. Dudley and Stephens (1884) 14 Q.B.D. 273, appears to reject the necessity defense in homicide cases.

One of the leading test cases retried under revised "joint enterprise" rules has resulted in a man being acquitted of murder.