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- adjective
Excessively specific ; overly technical.
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Perhaps because the Railway Labor case is the kind of hypertechnical procedural case that Justice Ginsburg loves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Tradition Of Unanimity For Debut Supreme Court Opinions? 2009
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Orin Kerr: Perhaps because the Railway Labor case is the kind of hypertechnical procedural case that Justice Ginsburg loves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Tradition Of Unanimity For Debut Supreme Court Opinions? 2009
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Perhaps because the Railway Labor case is the kind of hypertechnical procedural case that Justice Ginsburg loves.
The Volokh Conspiracy » A Tradition Of Unanimity For Debut Supreme Court Opinions? 2009
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At the time of the Paulmier case, it had become clear that the practice of challenging statements of financial interest on "hypertechnical" issues "was becoming a sport," Stretton argued yesterday.
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: Perhaps because the Railway Labor case is the kind of hypertechnical procedural case that Justice Ginsburg loves.
The Volokh Conspiracy John Elwood 2009
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Perhaps because the Railway Labor case is the kind of hypertechnical procedural case that Justice Ginsburg loves.
The Volokh Conspiracy John Elwood 2009
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Unum's lawyer at the appeal hearing, William Kayatta Jr. of Portland, Maine's Pierce Atwood, called the whistleblower's argument "hypertechnical" and inconsistent with "the practicality this circuit has brought to bear" in False Claims Act cases. "
Law.com - Newswire 2010
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You seem more interested in making very narrow, hypertechnical, but ultimately meaningless, arguments about how Manzi “responded to Chait,” while missing the forest for the trees.
Matthew Yglesias » Social Democracy and Global Competitiveness 2010
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Frankly the hypertechnical arguments by pinhead lawyers on both of the issue of this thread just prove Shakespeare wasright!
The Volokh Conspiracy » Taking ObamaCare Challenges Seriously 2010
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"It shouldn't be reviewed in hindsight in a hypertechnical manner," Mr. Brodsky said.
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