What is the test for establishing that a legal proposition that is stated in broader terms than called for by the facts to which it is applied?

6 It has been stated that a legal proposition that is stated in broader terms than is called for by the facts to which it is applied has little value as precedent when invoked in a different factual situation. In other words, a court's statements that go beyond the question before the court are dicta and are not binding as precedent. (See People v. Goree (1966) 240 Cal.App.2d 304, 310, 49 Cal.Rptr. 392; Windsor v. Windsor (1941) 42 Cal.App.2d 464, 466, 109 P.2d 363; 16 Cal.Jur.3d, Courts, 138-140, pp. 248-255.)