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Federal Circuit Gives Stare Decisis Effect to a Judgment of Claim Validity

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University of Illinois Foundation (1971), the Supreme Court held that a judgment of invalidity in a suit against one infringer accrues to the benefit of any other accused infringer unless the patent owner shows that he did not have a fair opportunity procedurally, substantively and evidentially to pursue his patent claim the first time.

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Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis? Justices wrestle with patent-law precedent.

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Hochman fielded several questions about why the court should abandon a doctrine that the court has recognized for nearly a century. Morgan Ratner argued for the federal government, which filed its own friend-of-the-court brief but supported neither party. The post Doctrinal “dinosaur” or stare decisis?

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Clarence Thomas: “When Someone Uses Stare Decisis that Means They’re Out of Arguments”

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Associate Justice Clarence Thomas made an interesting comment this weekend about the hold of precedent on the Court. Wade as “an infidelity,” Thomas dismissed the reliance on the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. I have long questioned the weight given stare decisis in constitutional cases.

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Word of the Month for August 2019: Stare Decisis

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Thing is, these days law and the decisions courts hand down are very much like that. People go to one court, don't get what they want so they go to another court asking for, basically, the same thing. Congress shall make no law respecting the establishment of religion." Schempp , 374 U.S. Schempp , 374 U.S.

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India Supreme Court allows petition of 2002 communal riots victim

JURIST

The Supreme Court of India allowed a petition by Bilkis Bano on Monday against the premature release of convicts involved in the 2002 Gujarat communal riots. The court concluded that the writ petition filed under Article 32 of the Indian Constitution by Bano is maintainable.

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US dispatch: ‘independent state legislature’ theory raised by Moore v. Harper threatens US election administration

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Marisa Wright is a US National Correspondent for JURIST, and a 2L at Harvard Law School. . On Wednesday, December 7, the US Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in a case involving a fringe legal idea called the independent state legislature theory that poses a threat to the current system of election administration in the United States.

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Collateral Estoppel Beats Precedent Every Time

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This means that issues decided at the district or administrative court level can be binding on all other courts: district courts, administrative courts, appellate courts, and even the Supreme Court. District court decisions are not binding precedent because they are at the bottom. Uniloc USA, Inc.