1.  The defendants had not relied on the clause but had reached a negotiated settlement in similar prior cases.

2.  B I am aware of no cases prior to the New Deal that characterized the power flowing from the Commerce Clause as sweepingly as does our substantial effects test.

3.  But early in April, federal officials asked McBryde to delay the sentencing until after Satz had been sentenced in a prior case in Arizona.

4.  By adopting that standard, Metro Broadcasting departed from prior cases in two significant respects.

5.  Experts said that the insider trading statute was not specific about what damages could be awarded, and there are no prior cases to look to for a precedent.

6.  Hardin objected that the prior cases were irrelevant to the obstruction of justice charge and would prejudice the jury against Andersen.

7.  His children were threatened by a killer in a prior case.

8.  His lawyers noted there had been no prior cases of using common law to prosecute assisted suicide.

9.  However, that connection was tenuous, and extrapolating from prior cases, officials said.

10.  In prior cases, courts have allowed the family of patients in coma-like states to stop life support treatment.