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Atextual Conditions for Patentability and Stare Decisis

Patently O

Steve Gass has a PhD in physics and also a patent attorney. And, in any case, these exceptions have defined the reach of the statute as a matter of statutory stare decisis going back 150 years. In the area of obviousness though, the doctrine was developed by courts and then implemented by statute in 1952.

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Two death penalty cases and free speech at animal facilities

SCOTUSBlog

Andrus further argues that the Texas court’s decision conflicts with “vertical stare decisis,” the principle that lower courts must follow the Supreme Court’s decisions. Intellectual disability and the death penalty. CLS Transportation Los Angeles LLC. Apple Inc. Qualcomm Incorporated. Animal Legal Defense Fund. Issue : Whether Kan.

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‘Outrageous Outcomes’: Plea Bargaining and the Justice System

The Crime Report

The remaining 97 percent have been decided by plea bargain: an arrangement made between a prosecutor, defense attorney, judge, and the defendant under which an individual enters a guilty or no contest plea in exchange for a reduction in the level of a charge, a reduced number of charges, or the recommendation of a lighter sentence.

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Back to the Bullpen: Minor League Teams Settle with MLB Over Latest Challenge to Baseball’s Historic Antitrust Exemption

Fordham Law News

13] The Court defended the exemption largely on the grounds of stare decisis and congressional acquiescence, tasking Congress with changing the long-standing law if they felt the need. [14] Kuhn , which saw the Supreme Court acknowledge that baseball was in fact interstate commerce, yet again defend baseball’s exemption. [13]

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We read all the amicus briefs in Dobbs so you don’t have to

SCOTUSBlog

Against stare decisis. Many amici focus on the principle of stare decisis – and urge the court not to follow it in this case. Americans United for Life argues that “ Roe and Casey contradict the stare decisis values of consistency, dependability, and predictability and are entitled to minimal stare decisis respect.”