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: but to the extent the court of appeal's implication might be read to suggest that the magistrate's failure cannot deny a defendant a substantial right affecting the legality of the commitment even when the failure is prejudicial as well as erroneous, the appellate court's opinion is unsound under the analysis set out above and is hereby disapproved.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: the only semblance of moderation associated with today's writing is the strategic decision to overrule st. elizabeth hospital while apparently leaving all related law in place.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: after full reconsideration of the issues involved, we now reject our earlier position in part vii of fowler and adopt the view taken by the fourth circuit in douglas.

SOLUTION:
overruling