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 statements to the contrary in johnson v. county of fresno, 64 cal.app.2d 576 [ 149 p.2d 38]; klimper v. city of glendale, 99 cal.app.2d 446 [ 222 p.2d 49]; brown v. sequoia union high school dist., 89 cal.app.2d 604 [ 201 p.2d 66]; and slavin v. city of glendale, 97 cal.app.2d 407 [ 217 p.2d 984], are disapproved.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: accordingly, the legislature has ipso facto made clear that semen, pregnancy, or disease, while perhaps related to sex, are not themselves the specific instances of sexual conduct envisioned by mcl 750.520j.

SOLUTION: non-overruling

PROBLEM: first national bank of hollywood v. markham, 342 so.2d 1016 (fla. 4th dca 1977), is disapproved.

SOLUTION:
overruling