Mr. Justice Taney's Dred Scott decision in 1857 was unpopular in the North, and soon became a dead letter.

When the possibility that he had not given reconsideration to so weighty a decision seemed to disconcert his questioners, Mr. Eisenhower was known to make his characteristic statement to the press that he was not going to talk about the matter any more.

The portrait that had developed, fragmentarily but consistently, was the portrait of a man to whom serious thinking is alien enough that the making of a decision inhibits, when it does not forestall, any ability to review the decision in the light of new evidence.

But all the reports of this first embassy show that the two Savoyards were the heads of it, for they were the only ones who were empowered to swear for the king that he would abide by the pope's decision and who were allowed to appoint deputies in the event that one was unavoidably absent.

Alfred, who was a good deal older than Harry, had treated him like a son, and when Harry decided to stay in business with Lew instead of going with Alfred, Alfred looked on the decision as a betrayal.

It was faced immediately with a showdown on the schools, an issue which was met squarely in conjunction with the governor with a decision not to risk abandoning public education.

Thus, a finding of conspiracy to restrain trade or attempt to monopolize was excluded from the Court's decision.

The recommendation of the Department -- as well as the decision of the appeal board -- was based entirely on the local board file, not on an FBI report.

The decision reached in 1938-39 was made after the accumulation of a large amount of data and thorough study thereof.

I was saved from making the decision as the phone rang, and the girls were upon me instantly.

Since the writer had established this democratic procedure in the beginning he had to go along with their decision -- after, of course, pointing out whether he thought their decision was a wise or an unwise one.

Although the government was probably prepared for elections by mid-1958, the first decision was no doubt made more difficult as party strife multiplied.

The decision was made in Zurich by Prince Boun Oum, Premier of the pro-Western royal Government ; ;

Berger's decision to sue for the full amount of the performance bond was questioned by Wagner in the morning press conference.

One of the first moves made after a cabinet decision was to request the United States to establish a full-fledged military assistance group instead of the current civilian body.

The Supreme Court decision in mid-1960 was in the case of a company making sewer pipe from clay which it mined.

Every decision was made quickly on sound grounds.

It was up to her to save Poor John, dear John, to undo the wrong she had done, but she trembled at the decision as at the brink of a cold stream.

He was a director of S. & M. and must have been in on the decision.

After the surprise was over, Linda was almost as pleased as anyone with John's good luck, though she agreed with Bobbie's decision some months later to move to Funk Furnaces.

Accidental fouls that cause injury ending a bout may lead to a " no contest " result, or else cause the fight to go to a decision if enough rounds ( typically four or more, or at least three in a four-round fight ) have passed.

The Croatian parliament has passed a law that no bus should be older than 12 years-however, this decision is currently frozen because of the high cost for bus operators.

Proceedings may only be initiated by the Assembly of the Republic, upon a motion subscribed by one fifth and a decision passed by a two-thirds majority of all the Members of the Assembly of the Republic in full exercise of their office.

The League Council examined the dispute, but then passed on their findings to the Conference of Ambassadors to make the final decision.

It is noteworthy that the United States, the defaulting party, was the only Member that put forward arguments against the validity of the judgment of the Court, arguing that it passed a decision that it ' had neither the jurisdiction nor the competence to render '.

The decision to build the Panama Canal passed by four votes.

Additionally, if the envoys were unable to reach a unanimous decision within six weeks ( the time limit of a single session ), deliberations were declared void and all previous acts passed by that Sejm were annulled.

" Many members of Congress criticized the decision of the Court and the House of Representatives unanimously passed a resolution denouncing the Court.

In response to the Supreme Court decision, the House of Representatives passed H. R.

A resolution, to have the capital moved from Lewiston to Boise, was passed by the Idaho Territorial Legislature on December 7, 1864, six weeks before the territorial legislature's session legally began, and after litigation, on a split decision decided by one vote on the territorial supreme court on geographic lines.

It turned out that the Arthur Andersen board passed a resolution saying he had to resign if he didn't get at least an incremental US $ 4 billion ( either through negotiation or via the arbitrator decision ) for the consulting practice to split off, hence his quick resignation once the decision was announced.

Fraser indicated that the Opposition's decision to defer the appropriation bills, rather than defeating them, was a tactical decision, since then the bills would remain in the control of the Senate and could be passed at any time.

However, as time has passed, Kennett's policies have been widely criticised and used as examples of poor governmental decision making.

Its legislature passed an Interposition Resolution denouncing the decision and declaring it null and void.

Either of the two consuls holding office in a given year could block a military or civil decision by the other ; any tribune had the power to unilaterally block legislation passed by the Roman Senate.

For " significant " decisions the council will first vote and, if passed, the decision will be carried to the voting membership.

On March 16, 2011, the Alabama Supreme Court ruled that Jefferson County's 2009 occupational tax law was passed unconstitutionally, in a decision that dealt a devastating financial blow to a county considering bankruptcy.

In 1956, the Virginia General Assembly passed a series of laws ( the Stanley plan ) to implement Massive Resistance, a policy promoted by the Byrd Organization led by former Virginia governor and U. S. Senator Harry F. Byrd to avoid compliance with the Supreme Court decision in Brown.

The march passed off after the decision was made by the Royal Ulster Constabulary ( RUC ) to allow it and Paisley ended the march hand in hand with David Trimble who appeared to perform a " Victory Jig ".

" Besides, the requirement that a thorough investigation must be conducted and that the decision should be based on the advice by the judge who passed the sentence was ignored ".

At the election held on February 12, 1895, the decision to secede passed by only 23 votes.

However, before the law was passed in Ireland, preventing women from engaging in boxing events, Gogarty was able to begin her career there with a six round decision win against Anne-Marie Griffin.

The Massachusetts decision could be reversed by an amendment to the state constitution ; to date, no such amendment has successfully been passed in Massachusetts.