Yale law professor William Eskridge, a harsh critic of the decision, has called it "the most frequently criticized example of excessively strict stare decisis."

He argued that excessively strict adherence to Cicero led to a form of literary idolatry.

The novel depicts most officers as excessively strict and uncaring.

The latter provision was widely derided by criminal justice authorities as excessively strict and vaguely worded.

Much can be said for heeding your conscience, even when it is (in my view) excessively strict.

'We must seem excessively strict to you - we Catholics to you Protestants, I mean,' Martin said.

Therefore, excessively strict regulations are unacceptable.

When cattle feed manufacturers decide to innovate, they should not be impeded by excessively strict legislation on disclosure.

The Commission also wants to drop the excessively strict legal conditions in the area of contractual content.