The Supreme Court expressly declined to address the issue of notification au parquet, merely observing that whatever the negotiating history had to teach about that, it was silent on involuntary agency.

The court expressly declines to apply or overrule Mezei, but attempts to distinguish it, or, I should rather say, to obscure it in a legal fog.

The Justice Department said in its brief that "the court expressly declined to address 'whether and what further proceedings' would be appropriate after remand," as proof the justices left open the issue of whether the government was required to afford the prisoners more rights.

In the prosecution of this method he expressly declines to have recourse to what he calls "the short and easy expedient of the Platonists," the assumption of innate ideas of the laws of nature.

Nelson expressly declined to address the jurisdictional issue, but instead addressed the merits of Scott's case.

The majority expressly declined to resolve that issue.

Because the publications are non-binding, courts may sometimes expressly decline to follow them.

But Mr. Turk said, "Although Mr. Deaver is anxious to have this case decided by the jury as soon as possible, he expressly declined to waive his right to be present at trial."

The judge continued, "The defendant expressly and unambiguously declined the offer, revealing his dissatisfaction" with the lawyer, "and saying that he did not want any attorney but wished only to explain to the police what happened."