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

Q: for that reason, we will assume that trial counsel performed unreasonably when they failed to object to these statements.

A: non-overruling
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Q: in so far as texas n. o. r. co. v. pool, tex.civ.app., 263 s.w.2d 582, no writ history, may be in conflict with what is here said, it is disapproved.

A: overruling
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Q: "" ' ""punitive damages are appropriate if the defendant's acts are reprehensible, fraudulent or in blatant violation of law or policy.

A:
non-overruling
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