Sentences with phrase «old precedent in»

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Now, in this particular case that the court will be hearing, South Dakota is looking to overturn a decades - old precedent where states can not require online retailers to collect sales taxes unless that retailer has a physical presence in the state.

Christian theology thus retains its priority over the evidences of natural religion, which are simply incorporated into the old scheme with a minimal adjustment — an adjustment, by the way, that was not without precedent in the theology of the Reformation era.

They fall under the spell of one or another charismatic rabbi (or «Rebbe»), a phenomenon for which a precedent already existed in the century - old Hasidic communities of Lubavitch, Satmar, Belz and other less well known East - European centers.

On the other hand, there is a precedent, with Francisco Rodriguez improving in that regard while thriving at the major league level as a 20 - year - old phenom.

It lost its status a few months ago in New Mexico because the Secretary of State reversed an old favorable precedent which had said that when a party submits a petition, it gets the next two elections.

The bad news is what Alex Salmond will get in return: the precedent of votes for 16 and 17 year olds.

Obviously polls like this do pose a risk of any old person pretending to be a party member to skew the results, or getting a very skewed group of activists, but the polls of Conservative party members done by Tim Montgomerie over on ConservativeHome did get their leadership election right, so we do at least have a precedent for a website running polls of party members in this way and getting good results.

It sounds like a little thing, but it makes the film feel like it's made by an amateur — which Beatty is decidedly not — and doesn't seem to have a precedent in the older films it wants to emulate.

Janus targets a 40 - year - old precedent set by Abood v. Detroit Board of Education, which permits allowing agency fees as a means to avoid a «free rider» problem: non-union members benefiting from union representation in contract negotiations, but not paying for that service.

If the largest libraries lead the way — both public and academic — backed by the largest library associations (ALA) then while libraries will certainly find themselves embroiled in a lawsuit from major publishers for years I strongly believe the outcome will favour freedom of information, accessibility and centuries old precedent.

Far from ignoring the lessons of Duchamp, such a treatment of paint was derived from an understanding of his predecessor's artistic strategies, to which Rauschenberg had his first in - depth exposure in the spring of 1953 at Sidney Janis's exhibition, Dada 1916 — 1923.8 Throughout that year, he explored various precedents set by the older artist.

She has an obvious precedent in an older code breaker, Peter Halley, who refuses to believe in the primacy and purity of self - expression.

The paintings in the show, whose title is «Explorations,» don't reinvent the wheel so much as extend art historical precedents — her artistic intelligence is such that she manages a merger of the old and the new, in which the lyric accomplishments of her milieu and artistic forebears are re-invigorated in an art whose vision is genuinely current.

ExxonMobil based its argument on precedents set in two old cases of maritime law holding that «punitive damages are not available against a shipowner for a shipmaster's recklessness» (language from today's decision).

Now, in a new case brought by North Dakota's southern neighbor, the high court may be poised to overrule the 26 - year - old precedent.

Having been involved in a car crash that orphaned and seriously injured a seven - year old boy, Ms. Nixon may not engender a high degree of public sympathy but her legal ordeal set the stage for a very significant precedent handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) several weeks ago in R. v. Nixon 2011 SCC 34.

CPD is in largest measure a waste of time and resources that could be far more profitably applied to creating an encrypted, key - worded data base of precedents, relevant case law, and other materials (not unlike the old bar ad materials except these would be updated continuously as needed every year past your call) that all lawyers could access for research purposes at any time; i.e., the time they need it.

Courts, moreover, change in composition over time, which can undermine the reliability of older precedents.

Such was the case in a recent lawsuit involving the severe burning of a minor in a public park has become a precedent setting decision after it was ruled that the defendants in the case, East Bay Regional Park District and Girl Scouts of Northern California, were liable for the injuries caused to 10 year old Fabio Hornischer's hand and arm in a fire pit.

Brad represented the petitioner in Exxon Corp. v. Central Gulf Lines, Inc., 500 U.S. 603 (1991), in which the United States Supreme Court overruled its own 135 - year - old precedent and expanded federal admiralty jurisdiction in favor of his client.

Which is to say, that as a rule, judges (and more often than not their clerks) will spend a lot of their time looking through old cases in order to find out what case law has decided, what the precedent is.

Mr. Justice Wilson dismissed the application and in doing so found that the New Rules of Court dealing with severance of issues are identical to the old rules therefore old precedents should retain their value as guiding authorities.

Citing legal precedent stating that children under the age of four are not yet fully developed, he ruled that Juliet Breitman and Jacob Kohn deviated from what a «reasonable 4 - year - old» (whatever that is) would do in the same situation.

That there are no principles of the old law, to which, we must have recourse that in any manner authorise the present suit, either by precedent or by analogy.

In essence, Breyer said that even though junking the old precedents and following the new ones might make sense, the importance of following precedent, at least in this case, was more importanIn essence, Breyer said that even though junking the old precedents and following the new ones might make sense, the importance of following precedent, at least in this case, was more importanin this case, was more important.