TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you will be shown a sentence, and you should determine whether it is overruling or non-overruling. In law, an overruling sentence is a statement that nullifies a previous case decision as a precedent by a constitutionally valid statute or a decision by the same or higher ranking court which establishes a different rule on the point of law involved. Classify your answers into overruling or non-overruling
PROBLEM: in reaching this conclusion, the court stated that it believed the sequence of events as documented in kinney's arrest report that the officer was beginning to pat down defendant when defendant dropped the backpack.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: to the extent that these cases are inconsistent with our conclusion herein, they are disapproved.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: if a contract is ambiguous, we review construction questions as questions of fact under the legal and factual sufficiency standards, and the scope of our review expands: ""[a]n ambiguous contract opens the door to parol evidence that sheds light on the parties' true intent.""

SOLUTION:
non-overruling