It is a central principle of law: Courts are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to resolve current disputes. But it’s inevitable that sometimes, the precedent has to go, and a court ...

As the Supreme Court was barreling toward the final weeks of its term last year, Chief Justice John Roberts made a rare public appearance to defend his colleagues from criticism that they were all too ...

Legal precedent comes from court decisions where judges are asked to interpret the law, and once a court rules on an issue, legal precedent becomes the law. This means that legal precedent and ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It is a central principle of law: Courts, including the Supreme Court, are supposed to follow earlier decisions – precedent – to ...

IN THE RECENT decision of the Supreme Court on the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act, National Federation of Independent Business v. Sebelius, the opinions cited a myriad of precedents, or ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Although Supreme Court justices are by no means bound by their past decisions, they often respect them, for a variety of ...

Conditions precedent play an important role in contracts and it is often said that a party cannot benefit from its own breach. But in King Crude Carriers SA and others v Ridgebury November LLC and ...

Type to search articles, cases, and authors. Press ↵ to view all results. Next month will mark 44 years since the Supreme Court declared the existence of a constitutional right for women to choose to ...

The Supreme Court faces three major issues in our current historical moment: precedent, precedent and precedent. The big question: Will the justices limit abortion rights by overturning the 50-year ...

The prior-panel-precedent rule allows federal appellate courts to avoid considering “difficult arguments” and “to do its work with fewer judges more quickly,” said a legal scholar who is not involved ...