I saw this post at the "Re's Judicata" blog, written by Prof. Richard Re (University of Virginia), and found it very interesting; I asked Prof. Re whether I could repost it, and he graciously agreed: ...

In today's notable voting rights decision in Allen v. Milligan, the Supreme Court reasserted its longstanding rule that there is a strong presumption against overruling statutory precedents. The Court ...

Log-in to bookmark & organize content - it's free! Author James Zirin explained the concept of stare decisis, the doctrine in which many court cases are decided based on previous precedent. He spoke ...

In their Appellate Practice column, Thomas Newman and Steven Ahmuty discuss 'Apodaca v. Oregon,' and its companion case, 'Johnson v. Louisiana,' where a plurality of the U.S. Supreme Court held that ...

One very important point in the confirmation hearings of Justice Brett Kavanaugh received little attention. It was Kavanaugh’s professed respect for the doctrine of not overruling previous Supreme ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. The justices explored possible ways to limit the doctrine of patent assignor estoppel during oral argument in Minerva Surgical ...

Joel Brandes at the New York State Court of Appeals in September 2016 in Albany, New York. (Photo/Hans Pennink) “Stare decisis” means “to stand by things decided.” (Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th ed.

Next week, the Senate begins confirmation hearings of Supreme Court nominee Judge John Roberts and his view of settled law. Much of the discussion will hinge on a Latin term known to make first-year ...

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Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. In her discussion of Kimble at the University of Pennsylvania, Kagan told the audience that her opinion "committed me to a lot by ...

When asked during a 2022 appearance at the University of Pennsylvania about the opinions of which she was most proud, Justice Elena Kagan cited her 2015 opinion in Kimble v. Marvel Entertainment, LLC ...