And previous cases have involved much smaller amounts of money.

Based on previous cases, lawyers said the total could easily reach $500 million if not more.

We cannot sit here and wait, now, when the crisis may be greater than in either previous case.

"It seems to go quite a bit beyond previous cases."

After all, that couldn't be any worse than the previous case.

Like the previous case 2 is not a common factor.

"In the three previous cases, the women weren't found until the next day, after they'd been dead at least twelve hours."

They may be bound by a decision reached in a previous case.

She'd never had any problem whatsoever on all her previous cases.

The previous cases against her, in 1668 and 1674, were taken up again.