case lawin a sentence
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In her book, she claims that the justices' personal philosophy is far more important than case law in deciding constitutionality.
case law = the law as established in previous court decisions
- In fact, there was no case law cited in the entire order: Ralph Meyers took the stand before this Court, swore to tell the truth and proceeded to recant most, if not all, of the relevant portions of his testimony at trial.† (source)
- And at this point no case law has fully clarified whether you own or have the right to control your tissues.† (source)
- There is a good deal of case law on the subject.† (source)
- The case law says I can appoint you to a case if I so choose.† (source)
- Cotton said, "Judge, there is a long line of Virginia case law that clearly holds that one who commits a wrong shall be barred from profiting from same."† (source)
- Though the judge in the John Moore case said patients must be told if their tissues have commercial potential, there was no law enacted to enforce that ruling, so it remains only case law.† (source)
- 'Alabama case law is clear that a perjury charge can't be filed in the absence of dear and convincing evidence that a false statement has been made," I went on.† (source)
- Even if the court was unwilling to rule that Walter was innocent and should be released, the withholding of exculpatory evidence was extreme enough that the court would have a hard time avoiding the case law requiring a new trial.† (source)