"The passage of 70 years, in our judgment, constitutes a certain statute of limitation," he said.
In their quest, prosecutors have raised a central question about the role of the students — suggesting that they should be viewed as an "investigative agency," not journalists, whose unpublished materials could, under certain circumstances, be protected under a state statute.
Among other things, they have studied several statutes that criminalize the dissemination of restricted information under certain circumstances, including the Espionage Act of 1917 and the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act of 1986.
In Britain, for example, Scots Law long recognised such rights under certain conditions, but English Law did not until the position was changed by statute in 1999.
Lawyers say that as a result of the Air Force's actions, victims could bring a lawsuit under the Federal Tort Claims Act, a 1940s statute that allows private citizens to sue the federal government under certain circumstances.
He saw no glimmer of hope until 2001, when Texas passed a statute granting inmates the right to request DNA tests on old evidence under certain conditions.
But there is some language in the statute that allows felons in some states to get their gun rights restored under certain conditions.
In England the main object of the economists' attack upon settlements was removed when, through a series of statutes, settled lands were gradually restored to the market; life tenants were thereby given the power under certain circumstances to mortgage or sell the land.
Certain churches were restored under certain regimes.
Rumour abounds under certain circumstances.
