Sentences with phrase «established judicial precedents»

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For years, Bryan Garner has favored the use of caselaw over case law to describe precedent established by judicial decisions.

Leaving aside the perplexing charge that class action lawyers routinely pad their dockets, Justice Belobaba's approach to contingency fees is remarkable for its departure from well - established statutory authority and judicial precedent.

In 1819, a woman slave named Winny filed a lawsuit in St. Louis Circuit Court that would establish an important judicial precedent.

Despite the non-existence of an established system of legally (de jure) binding precedents, previous judicial decisions do have persuasive authority.

If the Supreme Court does not review this jurisdictional issue, then there will be established a precedent which will void the Doctrine of Judicial Immunity.

If the preemption provisions of this regulation do not apply, the covered entity must comply with the requirements or limitations established by such other law, regulation or judicial precedent.

Other government officials generally have only «qualified immunity» which means that they have liability if they intentionally violate clearly established law, which basically means that there is a binding judicial precedent governing the facts and circumstances at issue.

Although unhappy his client lost his appeal, Luzak's lawyer, Barry Wadsworth of Toronto - based Shell Lawyers, was satisfied with the precedent he says this case has established — that members of RECO who feel they have justifiable grounds upon which to appeal RECO's disciplinary decisions, do have recourse to judicial review.