application

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With the interpretation of these decisions going back and forth for some time, the application of the guidelines was inconsistent until the Court finally acted with clarity in the 1967 case Afroyim v.

From Salon • Apr. 26, 2026

The pianos are made in significant numbers, but each one requires the application of personalized craft; Mr. Payne’s photographs display Steinway employees with the technical virtuosity and artistic improvisations of fine musicians.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 25, 2026

In a separate application for a temporary restraining order seeking Villegas’ release, Tolchin said immigration officials arrested and detained her client “without legal cause in violation of precedent and due process.”

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 23, 2026

It declared that if a Supreme Court precedent “has direct application in a case,” the lower court must “follow the case which directly controls, leaving to this court the prerogative of overruling its own decisions.”

From Slate • Apr. 23, 2026

Vaughan had successfully helped him file his application, and for this and other legal services Bigheart had planned to pay him as much as $10,000—a sum that is comparable today to nearly $140,000.

From "Killers of the Flower Moon" by David Grann