He said he was not certain whether the majority meant "to change prior law radically."

Under prior law, a dollar of dividends was taxed as ordinary income.

The 1730 warehouse law built on prior laws.

They figured out a way despite the prior law to do it.

"Rather, they seem to be very thoughtful, well-researched expositions of how prior law would apply to the case before him."

Some programs he takes credit for, like the one to house urban teachers near their schools, were already operating under prior laws.

There was no express repeal of the provisions of the prior law.

Today's decision is quite simply inexplicable on the basis of our prior law.

The section was intended by Congress to restate, but not replace, the prior judge-made law.

The act repealed all prior laws in conflict and gave the court exclusive appellate jurisdiction.