Sentence examples for under the precedent from inspiring English sources

This could be done under the precedent set by the Pinochet case.

Under the precedent set by the Newcastle-Roeder situation he should have the job.

Under the precedent set in the Chancery Court's decision in Cornerstone, the court will not dismiss a complaint until there has been a determination, after development of the factual record, as to whether the transaction was entirely fair; and only then will it consider whether directors do or do not have liability.

The aiding the enemy charge was brought under the precedent of a Civil War-era case.

Under the precedent set by the San Manuel ruling in 2004, the NLRA still presumably applies to Indian casinos in the state.

"I raise a point of order that the vote on the cloture under the precedent set on 11/21/2013 is a majority vote on all nominations," he said.

Under the precedents it is clear that the Erie-Tompkins principle of respect for state law yields to overriding national policy and law.

"While perhaps unfair," Judge Bye added, "under the precedents we must apply, we discern no constitutional impediment to the Legislature's decision".

This paper describes a reduction-graph model of legal precedents that accounts for a key characteristic of legal precedents: a precedent's relevance to subsequent cases is determined by the theory under which the precedent is decided.

Mr. Habre is but one of several exiled tyrants who, under the Pinochet precedent, could one day face justice.

Writing separately, Justices Kennedy and O'Connor said there was no need to reach that sweeping conclusion about the underlying meaning of Miranda in order to conclude under the Elstad precedent that the gun was admissible.