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He said her right to due process has consistently been denied by lower courts -- a statement that drew intense questioning from the judge.

Huang was quoted as saying China was not prepared to do away with capital punishment despite the problems in its lower courts.

Every justice writes his own opinion in a case, and till recently the tribunal's decisions did not bind lower courts.

Okay, so what sort of limiting principle should lower courts attach to patent-application review?

The lower courts ruled that this and other evidence provide compelling reasons for the case to move forward.

He didn't elaborate, but did say the lower courts were prepared to take up the cases Sunday morning.

The independent judiciary is headed by the Supreme Court, which oversees the High Court, magistrate's courts and a number of lower courts .

While the Supreme Court may choose to hear cases directly, it most often selects cases that have been decided in lower courts.

That shields the companies themselves from legal responsibility for the actions of their users, the lower courts said.

it all started in the early 1990s , when lower courts began allowing compensation for failed sterilisations.

Lower courts must now decide whether the misuse of the honest-services law was "harmless" .

It supervises the administration of law by the lower courts on an ad hoc basis.

Judges establish common law through written opinions that are binding on future decisions of lower courts in the same jurisdiction.

The man was found guilty of attempted burglary, but was freed in two lower courts on charges that he had attacked a civil servant.

Several lower courts have ruled DOMA itself to be unconstitutional.

Regardless of how cases reach it, the Court enforces a kind of unity on the decisions of the lower courts.

Several individuals and states have brought cases against the law in lower courts.

Mr Schiavo says the new law contradicts that (and remember, lower courts have ruled these procedures are unwanted).

But lower courts have been very careful about interpreting the decision.

Lower courts had ruled in his favour, and the Supreme Court eventually agreed that he should be given a place.

In this way it supervises the administration of law by the lower courts on an ad hoc basis.

County courts may also function as courts of appeal for lower courts of limited jurisdiction.

But the high court sent the case back to the lower courts yesterday with instructions on how to interpret the law properly.

The textbook publisher sued the student for copyright infringement and won in lower courts.

But the arid legal hairsplitting that dominates that chamber poses fewer policy problems than the messier lower courts do.

Civil-rights lawyers say that they are losing a lot more cases in the lower courts than before.

Skinner's case will head back to lower courts for argument on the merits.

Participants in cases decided in lower courts can appeal to their state's highest or Supreme Court.

This "split" in the opinions of lower courts is common in highly charged issues.

Superior courts may review decisions of lower courts.

The judge upheld the lower courts decision.

This theory met with mixed results in the lower courts.

That battle will now return to the lower courts.

It is now the job of lower courts to judge which gun laws are constitutional.

I am disappointed that the lower courts have not followed some of the language that is contained in Lawrence.