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unusual facts about case law



Florida District Courts of Appeal

However, the decisions and case law precedent of each District Court of Appeal are binding upon all of the circuit and county courts within the State of Florida.

Jonathan Frieman

Frieman's defense states that the wording of the restrictive highway signage refers specifically to "persons"; therefore, case law is applicable, going back to U.S. legal decisions from the 19th century, including Santa Clara County v. Southern Pacific Railroad and to the more widely known 2010 "corporate personhood" case titled Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission.


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Circuit City Stores, Inc. v. Adams

Justice David Souter joined all sections of Stevens' dissent besides a critique of previous decision of the Supreme Court in arbitration case law.

European tort law

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has developed case law on the basis of general principles common to the laws of the Member States.

Javier Martínez-Torrón

He is internationally recognized as an expert in the case law of the European Court of Human Rights, especially on issues related to freedom of religion and belief.

Menachem Mautner

His article "'The Eternal Triangles of the Law': Toward a Theory of Priorities in Conflicts Involving Remote Parties", 90 Michigan Law Review 95-154 (1991), substantially influenced the case-law and the scholarship in the area of conflicts over rights in both Israel and the United States.

Section 1782 Discovery

The case law concerning Section 1782 was largely clarified in 2004, when the Supreme Court of the United States issued its decision in Intel Corp. v. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. Intel held that

Section Seven of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

This right has generated significant case law, as abortion in Canada was legalized in R. v. Morgentaler (1988) after the Supreme Court found the Therapeutic Abortion Committees breached women's security of person by threatening their health.

Section Twelve of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

The Court, however, could and did follow previous interpretations of cruel and unusual punishments in pre-Charter case law, namely Miller and Cockriell v. The Queen (1977).

The section has generated some case law, including the essential case R. v. Smith (1987), in which it was partially defined, and R. v. Latimer (2001), a famous case in which Saskatchewan farmer Robert Latimer protested that his long, mandatory minimum sentence for the murder of his disabled daughter was cruel and unusual.

Toonen v. Australia

This case law "Toonen v. Australia" is also referred to by the Declaration of Montreal.