first case
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"This is the first case of this nature to be handled in the prosecutorial system," Gashi told AFP.
From Barron's ● Aug. 28, 2026
The first case came in May 2022, when boaters discovered skeletal remains in a barrel near Hemenway Harbor.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 19, 2026
A care company has been prosecuted and fined for running illegal children's homes in what has been called the first case of its kind.
From BBC ● Aug. 4, 2026
Indeed, the first case to raise these questions resulted in a win for the transgender plaintiffs.
From Slate ● Jul. 7, 2026
The Neylan board’s first case involved a former Los Alamos chemist named Robert Hurley, who had fallen under suspicion because his Latvian-born wife purportedly had leftist sympathies.
From "Big Science" by Michael Hiltzik
