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 any event, if they are contrary to the result we have reached, we overrule them.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: rules declared valid  smith, john, judge  minnesota department of public safety jack y. perry, jason r. asmus, briggs and morgan, p.a., minneapolis, minnesota (for petitioners) lori swanson, attorney general, stephen d. melchionne, assistant attorney general, st. paul, minnesota (for respondents) considered and decided by halbrooks, presiding judge; rodenberg, judge; and smith, john, judge.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: with this understanding of solatium damages, we turn now to plaintiffs' challenges to the district court's decision in this case.

SOLUTION:
non-overruling