Sentences with phrase «issues of first impression given»
It stated that it was dealing with «issues of first impression given the burgeoning use of the internet for advertising and marketing and to create virtual law offices.»
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If, however, the court finds that the current dispute is fundamentally distinct from all previous cases (called a «matter of first impression»), and legislative statutes are either silent or ambiguous on the question, judges have the authority and duty to resolve the issue (one party or the other has to win, and on disagreements of law, judges make that decision).5 The court states an opinion that gives reasons for the decision, and those reasons agglomerate with past decisions as precedent to bind future judges and litigants.