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: any suggestion that our case presents a new phenomenon, then, risks overlooking this long history.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM:  42 we find no abuse of discretion in the circuit court's finding that the affidavits complied with the requirements of rule 191. both cassem and levinson had a sufficient degree of personal knowledge of the facts asserted in their affidavits by virtue of their employment with or for the funds.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: the error was quickly discovered, however, and the defendants' answer was thereafter filed, albeit eight days late.

SOLUTION:
non-overruling