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1988 America's Cup

The 2010 America's Cup shared some similarities with the 1988 Cup in that it was also the subject of intense litigation, and the precedent set by the 1988 court decision guaranteed that any non-mutual consent match would be sailed in the fastest boats legal under the Deed: multihulls.

400-series highways

400-series highway design has set the precedent for a number of innovations used throughout North America, including the parclo interchange and the modified Jersey barrier design known as an Ontario Tall Wall.

AArt

Continuing on from the radical changes enforced by The Beautiful Game, AArt follows precedent with another varied mix of styles and genres, and even calls upon saxophonist Jeff Kashiwa, formerly of The Rippingtons, to share the lead on one track, "AArt Attack".

Abdoulaye Yerodia Ndombasi

Yerodia was involved in a precedent-setting case by the International Court of Justice (ICJ).

Article Two of the United States Constitution

Tyler's precedent made it possible for Vice Presidents Millard Fillmore, Andrew Johnson, Chester Arthur, Theodore Roosevelt, Calvin Coolidge, Harry Truman, and Lyndon Johnson to ascend to the presidency (Gerald Ford took office after the passage of the Twenty-fifth Amendment).

Atlantic Mutual Insurance Company

In a precedent-setting court case on telepossession, the 4th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled against Atlantic Mutual and the other insurance companies and awarded 92 percent of the gold to the Columbus-American Group.

Battered woman defense

The Supreme Court of Canada set a precedent for the use of the battered women defence in the 1990 case of R. v. Lavallee.

Bill Boaks

The first is the pedestrianisation of London's Carnaby Street, which he took an active part in campaigning for, along with Screaming Lord Sutch, and which has set the precedent for pedestrian precincts elsewhere in the UK.

Biomorphism

Matisse's seminal painting Le bonheur de vivre (The joy of Life), from 1905 can be cited as an important precedent.

Bridgeman Art Library v. Corel Corp.

An additional problem with taking the case as precedent would be reconciling it with the decision in Walter v Lane, given that an analogy can be made between the skills exercised by a journalist in verbatim reporting of a speech and the skills exercised by a photographer in exactly reproducing a work of art.

Cast-iron architecture

One of the first important projects was The Iron Bridge in Shropshire, a precedent-setting structure made almost entirely of cast iron.

Clarence Cannon

In 1962 Cannon engaged in an unseemly and well-publicized dispute with Senator Carl Hayden of Arizona, another octogenarian Democrat, over obscure matters of parliamentary precedent.

Clyde Kennard

They contacted Charles Pickering, a former Federal judge, and William Winter, a former Mississippi governor, who fashioned precedent-setting legal strategy.

Euler–Bernoulli beam theory

Bridges and buildings continued to be designed by precedent until the late 19th century, when the Eiffel Tower and Ferris wheel demonstrated the validity of the theory on large scales.

Even the Stars Look Lonesome

Writer Julian Mayfield, who called her first autobiography I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings "a work of art that eludes description", stated that Angelou's series set a precedent not only for other Black women writers, but for the genre of autobiography as a whole.

Fire and Faggot Parliament

This precedent was continued for all Monarchs until the Useless Parliament in 1625 when Charles I was granted the right for only one year.

Fish Wars

The so-called Boldt Decision was reaffirmed by the Supreme Court in 1979 and has been used as a precedent for handling other similar treaties.

FK ASK

As at the end of the season both clubs had equal points and it was the first such precedent in the Latvian league and no regulations existed for such situations to determine the champion, at first the position was that both clubs would be given 1st place in the league however none of the would be considered champion, that title remaining with Rīgas FK - last year winners.

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.

Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin

Robert J. Shelby - U.S. District Court judge - author of precedent-making decision on gay marriage.

History of Paraguay

In a gesture calculated to rewrite history and erase seven decades of national shame, Franco declared Solano López a national hero "sin ejemplar" (without precedent) because he had stood up to foreign threats, and sent a team to Cerro Corá to find his unmarked grave.

Hudgins v. Wright

Tucker said that it applied only to "free citizens and aliens" and could not be used to "overturn property rights" in slaves, as previous precedent had established that Moors, negroes (Africans) and mulattoes, all non-Christian, had been brought into the territory only as slaves.

Ian Lorimer

Formerly a freelance vision mixer, Lorimer is well known in the British television industry for winning a court case against the Inland Revenue over his tax status as a freelancer, which served as a precedent for many other media workers.

Isaac D. Smith

In 1989, the Comptroller General of the Department of Defense that Smith failed to abide by the "Fly America Act", which required use of US-based airlines for military flights; Smith's case became a precedent.

Japanese corvette Kaimon

During its launching ceremony, a flock of white doves (the traditional messengers of the war god Hachiman) was released, setting a precedent for all future launchings of Japanese warships.

Joyce Brown

Joyce Patricia Brown (born 1947), whose case against New York City made legal precedent against involuntary psychiatric commitment of the homeless

Karkador

This album is based around Hirasawa's dreams, and follows the New Wave precedent set by SCUBA.

Ladies' night

The Koire precedent has not been extended to strike down Mother's Day promotions.

Let Me Die In My Footsteps

In the booklet that accompanied The Bootleg Series Volumes 1–3, Todd Harvey wrote that "Let Me Die in My Footsteps" has no clear melodic precedent and suggests that this may be the first song for which Dylan created an original melody.

Marie Louise v. Marot

21 years after the decision, the created precedent was relied upon by US Supreme Court Justice John McLean in the landmark decision of Dred Scott v. Sandford by the U.S. Supreme Court.

Supreme Court Justice John McLean cited the precedent in his dissent of the majority ruling.

Memorandum opinion

In United States legal practice, a memorandum opinion (or memorandum decision) is a judicial opinion that does not create precedent, persuasive or mandatory in some jurisdictions.

Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives

The Parliamentarian of the United States House of Representatives manages, supervises, and administers its Office of the Parliamentarian, which is responsible for advising presiding officers, Members, and staff on procedural questions under the U.S. Constitution, rule, and precedent, as well as for preparing, compiling, and publishing the precedents of the House.

Peter Anthony Motteux

Though its existence was relatively brief in historical terms, the Journal provided a precedent for later publications of the same type, notably The Gentleman's Magazine and The London Magazine.

Peter of Ancarano

The dispensation was granted by John XXIII, against quite recent precedent (the 1392 case of Bernard VII, Count of Armagnac who wished to marry the widow of his late brother John III, Count of Armagnac, and was refused by Pope Clement VII); and proceeded on the basis of an opinion of Peter of Ancarano (influenced by Andrea).

Republics in the Commonwealth of Nations

The declaration was made by India to allow it to continue its membership of the Commonwealth despite its decision to soon become a republic; at the behest of Pakistan, set a precedent that all other countries were free to follow, as long as they each recognised the position of Head of the Commonwealth.

Rindos v Hardwick

Rindos v. Hardwick was a landmark case of Internet defamation heard in 1994 in which Western Australian lawyers representing a visiting American academic sought to create a legal precedent by deeming an email sent by Gil Hardwick to have alleged paedophilia against David Rindos, a probationary lecturer in Archaeology at the University of Western Australia.

Roadshow Films v iiNet

This case is important in Australian copyright law because it tests copyright law changes required in the Australia–United States Free Trade Agreement, and set a precedent for future law suits about the responsibility of Australian Internet service providers with regards to copyright infringement via their services.

Seru Epenisa Cakobau

Cakobau retained his position as Fiji's second most senior chief the title of Vunivalu of Bau,and formally ceded the highest and most precedent Chiefly title of Tui Viti or Paramount Chief of Fiji to the person of Her Majesty Queen Victoria which is currently held by her descendant Elizabeth II.

She Works Hard for the Money

She Works Hard For The Money was more pop/dance oriented than the two precedent Donna Summer albums, but also contained some soulful ballads, including "Love Has a Mind of Its Own", a duet with gospel singer Matthew Ward.

Sitges

Palau Maricel built by the American Charles Deering to house his art collection in an attempt to copy the precedent set by Cau Ferrat.

Spying on the United Nations

Either course of action would be without recent precedent; the last time a Privy Counsellor's status was revoked was in 1921 when Sir Edgar Speyer was accused of collaborating with the Germans during the First World War.

Stadtluft macht frei

The medieval concept of liberty was largely confined to traditional collective rights and privileges based in custom and precedent and often expressed in territorial liberties such as, to take English examples, the Liberties of the Tower of London or the Liberties of the Savoy.

Steve Tello

While working for Post-Newsweek station WPLG-TV, Tello, with lawyer Talbot " Sandy D'Alemberte ( former American Bar President and Florida State University President ) was successful in the precedent setting movement to place cameras in the courtrooms in the State of Florida.

Sustainable Transport Award

Mayor Enrique Peñalosa’s vision and implementation helped transform Bogotá into a model livable city and set a precedent for subsequent years’ STA cities.

The Old Man Down the Road

This case, Fogerty v. Fantasy, Inc., became precedent when the U.S. Supreme Court (1993) overturned lower court rulings and awarded attorneys' fees to Fogerty, without Fogerty having to show that Zaentz's original suit was frivolous.

Velasio de Paolis

In October 2012 Cardinal de Paolis told the Italian newspaper La Repubblica that there was precedent for the Pope to pardon Paolo Gabriele, who has been found guilty of stealing confidential papal documents and leaking them to the media.

Whistleblower Protection Act

The Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, only court empowered to hear appeals of whistleblower cases decided by the merit board, has been criticized by Senator Grassley (R-Iowa) and others in Congress for misinterpreting whistleblower laws and setting precedent that is hostile to claimants.


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