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Zimmer v. Insall: The Power of Arbitration Agreements in Patent Royalty Disputes

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The Supreme Court directly revisited the rule in Kimble, but ultimately chose to uphold the rule based on stare decisis. Insall centered around a series of agreements between Zimmer and Dr. John Insall related to knee replacement technology. Read the Decision: Zimmer v. Insall The dispute in Zimmer v. Misco , 484 U.S.

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Modernize U.S. abortion law — and return abortion policy to the democratic process

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The abortion providers’ case relies heavily on stare decisis. Their brief asserts that not one but “two generations … have come to depend on the availability of legal abortion” – that essentially women have built their lives around abortion. Modern technology has pushed this frontier further back.

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“Feelings run high”: Two hours of tense debate on an issue that divides the court and the country

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All three legal teams have cut it a little close, and in a departure from normal custom, they do not greet each other or shake hands. He emphasizes the Casey court’s discussion of stare decisis, reading from the opinion and even giving the page numbers in the United States Reports. Casey did that,” she replies. “No,