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They are called "precedents of law" and affect how similar present or future cases are decided.
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If supreme court overrules roe vs wade must the decision be ratified by the states?
The Supreme Court (or any other court) is very unlikely to reverse prior case law decisions. However to directly answer your question, decisions by court of any kind are "final" and require no ratification by anyone. Court decisions may be challenged by new legislation or Constitutional Amendments that try to modify the laws that the court's decisions originally addressed. The court might then have to decide on the new laws and/or amendments, but this would be a new court decision.
What has generally been the supreme courts attitude toward prior restraint?
Supreme Court decisions over the past 75 years clearly support the presumption of the unconstitutionality of prior restraint
What is common law and equit?
Common law is a system of law where previous decisions are passed down to the next case where applicable. Precedents of prior court decisions are used to govern future court cases. Equit is to be found not guilty.
What does slip op refer to?
A "slip op" or "slip opinion" is a legal opinion of a court that is published in a single paper format, prior to inclusion in a book of decisions of the court.
What is the difference between a binding precedent and a persuasive precedent?
A binding precedent is precedent that a court MUST follow (it is law). All prior judicial decisions in a specific court's jurisdiction heard at that court's level or higher are considered to be binding precedent. In contrast, persuasive precedent is precedent that a court need not follow (it is NOT law, but, as the name suggests, may be persuasive because it suggests a line of reasoning). All prior judicial decisions OUTSIDE of that court's jurisdiction or from a LOWER court are considered to be persuasive only.
Are state Supreme Court decisions binding?
All court decisions are binding unless overturned by a higher court.
What happens when the courts cannot make a determination for child custody?
The court with jurisdiction has the authority to make decisions regarding custody.The court with jurisdiction has the authority to make decisions regarding custody.The court with jurisdiction has the authority to make decisions regarding custody.The court with jurisdiction has the authority to make decisions regarding custody.
What decisions did the Supreme Court make?
The Supreme Court has made many decisions. Provide a case or subject and an answer can be given.
What is the difference between 'Supreme Court Report Annotated' and 'Supreme Court Decisions Annotated'?
Supreme Court Report Annotated is the name of the bound series of legal decisions of the Philippines Supreme Court. There is no publication specifically listed as Supreme Court Annotated Decisions or Supreme Court Decisions Annotated, except for a few US historical documents listed as Supreme Court Decisions [annotated].You didn't specify whether you were looking for official documentation for the Philippines or the United States. In the United States, the comparable, annotated volumes of Supreme Court decisions is called US Supreme Court Reports, lawyers' edition.
The doctrine of stare decisis binds judges to follow the prior decisions of?
The doctrine of stare decisis binds judges to follow precedents set by higher appellate courts under which jurisdiction the particular lower court falls.For example, in the federal court system US Supreme Court decisions create binding precedents for all US District Courts and US Court of Appeals Circuit Courts; however, Circuit Court decisions only set binding precedents for the US District Courts within their territorial jurisdiction.The exception to this is decisions of the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, which has nationwide jurisdiction (below that of the Supreme Court) over special subject-matter cases.
Do you find US Supreme Court decisions in the Federal Reporter?
No, West Publishing compiles the thirteen US Court of Appeals Circuit Court decisions in the Federal Reporter; US District Court decisions are published in the Federal Supplement; US Supreme Court decisions are published in Supreme Court Reporter. The official US federal government bound publication of Supreme Court decisions is United States Reports. For more information, see Related Links, below.
Which court is the court of last resort whose decisions are final?
Supreme Court
