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

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Stare decisis, Latin for “to stand by things decided,” is a legal principle that directs courts to adhere to previous judgments, i.e., precedent, when resolving a case with comparable facts. the Federal Circuit applied stare decisis to a prior validity ruling involving a different patent and a different accused infringer.

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

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Wade as “an infidelity,” Thomas dismissed the reliance on the principle of stare decisis , or the respect for precedent. Thomas told an audience that “I always say that when someone uses stare decisis that means they’re out of arguments. That was one of the central arguments in favor of preserving Roe.

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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. The kicker is that unlike parents (who, hopefully, are on the same page and the kid realizes that it's unlikely dad will overrule mom), it is critical that courts make the same rulings over and over so that people know how law will be applied.

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Supreme Court to hear major case on power of federal agencies

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Share The Supreme Court will hear oral argument on Wednesday in a case involving the deference that courts should give to federal agencies’ interpretations of the laws that they administer. From health care to finance to environmental pollutants, administrative agencies use highly trained experts to interpret and carry out federal laws.

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India Supreme Court allows petition of 2002 communal riots victim

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However, the court has kept open whether other writ petitions filed as public interest litigation (PIL) challenging the remission orders are maintainable for future appropriate cases. Hence, Bano was not obligated to file a writ petition under Article 226 before the Gujarat State High Court.

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Roe v. Wade hangs in balance as reshaped court prepares to hear biggest abortion case in decades

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Twenty-one states have laws in place that would ban all or nearly all abortions if Roe and Casey fell. The Mississippi law and the court’s abortion precedents. The Mississippi law at the heart of the case is known as H.B. But here, the state insists, the “stare decisis case for overruling Roe and Casey is overwhelming.”

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Justices to consider international reach of U.S. trademark law

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Share On Tuesday, the Supreme Court will consider whether federal trademark law applies to trademark infringement that takes place outside the United States. The question for the court is whether the law reaches infringing conduct outside the United States. It can first claim that the Congress intended to apply the law globally.