There could be numerous examples that would qualify but one that most people can relate to is Brown vs. Board of Education.
Stare Decisis basically means that a ruling is made based upon precedence.
the elements of a decision of the U.S. Supreme Court must be followed by the lower courts.
Stare decisis is a doctrine that states that courts need to abide by past controlling judicial decisions. For example, a circuit court is bound by Supreme Court holdings.
The requirement that a lower court must follow a previously set precedent is called stare decisis.
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Stare Decisis
Only the ratio decidendi is accorded stare decisis status. Everything else is obiter dictum.
This legal doctrine is known as stare decisis, a latin term which means to stand by decisions and not disturb the undisturbed. A prior judicial decision is commonly referred to as a precedent.
Res judicata refers to a legal principle that a matter that has been conclusively decided by a court cannot be litigated again between the same parties. Stare decisis, on the other hand, is the legal principle of following precedent and adhering to decisions made in prior cases. Res judicata focuses on the finality of judgments, while stare decisis focuses on consistency in the application of law.
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