No example is the same for all purposes.

Explanation

Every precedent carries implicit limitations; an example illuminates a principle but does not govern every case to which a superficial resemblance might be drawn.

Where this applies

• A precedent is being applied too broadly beyond the situation it actually decided.
• Every example has implicit limitations and shouldn't govern every superficially similar case.
• The prior case illuminates a principle but doesn't control every situation that looks similar.

See also

• 10.9.5 From similars to dissimilars no argument is drawn; of dissimilar things, the reason is dissimilar.
• 10.9.8 What is like is not the same; nothing similar is identical.