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Justice Elena Kagan Tells It Like It Is When It Comes To Stare Decisis And The Politicization Of The Supreme Court

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She wants to be an optimist, but this Court might not let her. The post Justice Elena Kagan Tells It Like It Is When It Comes To Stare Decisis And The Politicization Of The Supreme Court appeared first on Above the Law.

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“Supreme Court murders stare decisis. Alea iacta est.”

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“Supreme Court murders stare decisis. Alea iacta est.” Columnist Dana Milbank has this essay online at The Washington Post.

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US Supreme Court strikes down Chevron Deference, requiring courts not defer to agency assessments of their mandates

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The US Supreme Court ruled on Friday that courts must exercise independent judgment in assessing an agency’s statutory authority. The Supreme Court did not decide on the facts of Loper. The Loper court disagreed, finding that “ Chevron was a judicial invention that required judges to disregard their statutory duties.”

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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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“What Is Stare Decisis, and Why Is It Intellectually Hollow B t? There are no rules for when the Supreme Court can overturn its precedent. There is only the question of whether there are five votes to do it.”

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“What Is Stare Decisis, and Why Is It Intellectually Hollow B t? There are no rules for when the Supreme Court can overturn its precedent. There is only the question of whether there are five votes to do it.” ” Elie Mystal has this post at Balls and Strikes.

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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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Patent Puzzles after the Supreme Court’s 2024 Administrative Law Cases: Stare Decisis, Rulemaking, and Discretion

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Latty Distinguished Professor of Law and Co-Director, Center for Innovation Policy at Duke Law In a flurry of recent decisions, the Supreme Court has continued its skepticism of administrative agencies. Consider first stare decisis and the Court’s overruling of Chevron deference (i.e. no standing requirement).