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: this case provides an illustrative example of exactly why we erred in brown and an opportunity for us to align firearm enhancements with the rest of our sentencing jurisprudence.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: we see no intelligent reason longer to adhere to and accordingly we overrule, the holdings in state v. williams, 340 so.2d 1382 (la. 1976) and state v. williams, 322 so.2d 177 (la. 1975), that excessiveness of sentence may not be reviewed in the absence of formal objection  there being no statutory requirement for such objection, and there being no remaining functional reason for these decisions' court-imposed requirement for the technicality of requiring an objection for such purpose.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: concluding that the outcome of this appeal with respect to attorney fees turns on our precedent in devine v. national treasury employees union, 805 f.2d 384 (fed. cir. 1986), and goodrich v. department of the navy, 733 f.2d 1578 (fed. cir. 1984), we decided to rehear the appeal en banc so that we could consider the following question:

SOLUTION:
overruling