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: "" ' ""punitive damages are appropriate if the defendant's acts are reprehensible, fraudulent or in blatant violation of law or policy.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: bank of the united states v. bank of georgia, 10 wheaton, 347; thompson v. riggs, 5 wallace, 678; robinson v. noble, 8 peters, 198; wright v. reid, 3 term, 554; snow v. perry, 9 pickering, 542; 2 greenleaf on evidence,  601.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: it is obviously inconsistent with our more recent cases, and is hereby overruled.

SOLUTION:
overruling