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.

Virginia Code section 1-200 establishes the continued existence and vitality of common law principles and provides that " The common law of England, insofar as it is not repugnant to the principles of the Bill of Rights and Constitution of this Commonwealth, shall continue in full force within the same, and be the rule of decision, except as altered by the General Assembly.

The official scapegoat for the disaster was Geoffrey de Rancon, who had made the decision to continue, and it was suggested that he be hanged ( a suggestion which the King ignored ).

The decision to continue was taken by Tirpitz in September 1905 and agreed by Chancellor Bernhard von Bülow and the Kaiser, while Dreadnought was still at the planning stage.

With a Communist insurgency threatening Greece, and Britain financially unable to continue its aid, the President announced his Truman Doctrine on 12 March 1947, " to support free peoples who are resisting attempted subjugation by armed minorities or by outside pressures ", with an aid request for consideration and decision, concerning Greece and Turkey.

The one decision made by every poker player on every deal of every game is whether to continue playing that hand after seeing that first set of cards.

Despite this, Trudeau found himself an outsider – a French Catholic living for the first time outside of Quebec in the predominantly Protestant American Harvard University .< This isolation deepened finally into despair, and led to his decision to continue his Harvard studies abroad.

In terms of economic development, the Srisdi regime did not only continue what the Phibul regime had done since 1955, but it also significantly intensified this development with full support from the U. S. due to the regime's decision to cut all ties with the People's Republic of China and its full support for the U. S. operation in Indochina.

In 1984, a decision was made to hire more writers to continue the series: Steve Jackson ( the United States-based founder and owner of Steve Jackson Games ),

Matters of dispute by the participants and writers and historians since the war have included the wisdom of pursuing an offensive strategy in the wake of the failed Nivelle Offensive, rather than waiting for the arrrival of the American armies in France, the choice to attack in Flanders over areas further south or the Italian front, the climate and weather in Flanders, Haig's selection of General Hubert Gough and the Fifth Army to conduct the offensive, debates over the nature of the opening attack between advocates of shallow and deeper objectives, the passage of time between the Battle of Messines and the opening attack of the Battles of Ypres, the extent to which the internal troubles of the French armies motivated British persistence in the offensive, the effect of mud on operations and the decision to continue the offensive in October, once the weather had broken and the human cost of the campaign on the soldiers of the German and British armies.

Faced with the decision, Data chooses not to disclose this to her and allow her the chance to continue on with her normal life.

He also dismissed the band's efforts to continue their career without a label by dealing directly with their fans on the Internet, claiming: " One suspects that their decision occurred round about the time that the record industry decided to shun Marillion.

In patients with suspected ketosis-prone type 2 diabetes, determination of antibodies against glutamic acid decarboxylase and islet cells may aid in the decision whether to continue insulin administration long-term ( if antibodies are detected ), or whether to withdraw insulin and attempt treatment with oral medication as in type 2 diabetes.

After Trevize makes his decision, the intellect of Gaia adjusts Branno's mind so that she believes she has become victorious and conquered the planet ( but that she will also continue to leave it alone ) and Gendibal is sent back to the Second Foundation under the impression that the Second Foundation is victorious and should continue as normal.

In September 2007, Economic Community of West African States ( ECOWAS ) intervened to attempt to resolve the dispute over two villages along the Benin-Burkina Faso border that remain from 2005 ICJ decision ; much of Benin-Niger boundary, including tripoint with Nigeria, remains undemarcated ; in 2005, Nigeria ceded thirteen villages to Benin, but border relations remain strained by rival cross-border gang clashes ; talks continue between Benin and Togo on funding the Adjrala hydroelectric dam on the Mona River.

Cincinnati's decision was based on a new requirement that at least 5 conference football games would have to be scheduled each season, University President Raymond Walters saying they "... regretfully resign ... as the university could not continue under the present setup ..."

His former manager Norman Stone retired on December 22, 2005, stating that the decision in the loss to Valuev was the last straw, and he would continue to support Ruiz from retirement.

The chief themes of Irving's German speeches were that the Allies and Axis states were equally culpable for war crimes, that the decision of Neville Chamberlain to declare war on Germany in 1939, and that of Winston Churchill to continue the war in 1940, had been great mistakes that set Britain on a path of decline, and the Holocaust was just a " propaganda exercise ".

The decision was made to not continue production ( despite high ratings and critical praise ) due to Marshall's death.

Independent recounts after the Court's decision showed that Bush would have won the election had the recount Gore requested been allowed to continue.

" Former North Carolina Governor Mike Easley, himself a resident of Southport, quickly reversed the decision and declared that the State Ports Authority would continue to own the marina.

Dayton and Eaton wanted the road to veer south after Springfield, but President Andrew Jackson made the final decision to have the road continue straight west to Richmond, Indiana.

To continue improving the business through data-driven decision making, eBay employs 5, 000 data analysts.

12 July 2000: Hapag-Lloyd Flight 3378, an Airbus A310 flying from Chania to Hannover, was involved in a highly publicized incident, after suffering fuel starvation caused in part by the crew's decision to continue the flight despite faulty landing gear that had partially retracted.

The decision, handed down on February 2, 1819, ruled in favor of the College and invalidated the act of the New Hampshire Legislature, which in turn allowed Dartmouth to continue as a private institution and take back its buildings, seal, and charter.