contrary to law
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Polestar has told the Commerce Department that the disparate treatment is contrary to law, but the company said it won’t appeal the denial.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 24, 2026
In a legal document seen by the BBC, the coalition of Democratic states said the decision was "arbitrary, capricious, and contrary to law."
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
"USCIS's actions are contrary to law and arbitrary and capricious."
From Barron's ● Jun. 5, 2026
Jesse Agus Martinez, a U.S. citizen, was charged with one felony count of importation contrary to law following the Oct.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 30, 2026
This was contrary to law, nay, to the Constitution of England, her Magna Charta itself provided against unparliamentary taxation.
From The Trial of Theodore Parker For the "Misdemeanor" of a Speech in Faneuil Hall against Kidnapping, before the Circuit Court of the United States, at Boston, April 3, 1855, with the Defence by Theodore Parker
