TASK DEFINITION: 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
PROBLEM: we disapprove this dicta.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: for these reasons, we overrule the language of people v. mcgee, supra, 1 cal.2d 611, and its progeny, to the extent it suggests a court lacks fundamental subject matter jurisdiction over a time-barred criminal action.

SOLUTION: overruling

PROBLEM: two courts of appeals have concluded that an appeal should not be allowed in this situation, and to that extent, we disapprove them.

SOLUTION:
overruling

