But he added that the court had also in some instances sharply limited its role.

We want the court to limit its decision to this and future applications.

But an appellate court limited the time span to three months.

The court limited its opinion strictly to the questions asked by the federal Government and did not touch several other sensitive issues.

But the Court limited that power by requiring the danger to be immediate.

They are concerned about future cases that may enable the Court to limit abortion rights further.

No court has significantly limited the universe of offenders subject to the laws.

The court has limited authority, mostly to approve the plan for coming out of bankruptcy.

The Court did not limit its holding to statutory interpretation, however.

But there are ways the Court can limit the effect of the decision without overruling it.