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: inasmuch as the supreme court of the united states has directly held that a geographical term which was descriptive of the place where the articles were manufactured was not registrable even though it had acquired a secondary meaning, we must follow our decision in the overhead door case, supra, which is in harmony with the views of the supreme court, and in so far as the opinion in the case of in re plymouth motor corporation, supra, expresses a contrary view, it must be considered as overruled.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: to the extent that our previous opinion in state of louisiana, and ralph slaughter, secretary, department of revenue and taxation v. bp exploration oil inc., 95-2031 (la.app. 4 cir. 1/31/96), 667 so.2d 1219 conflicts with this decision, it is overruled.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: in that respect the opinion in the webb case is in error and is in conflict with what we have said in this opinion.

SOLUTION:
overruling