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precedential

ADJECTIVE
  1. having precedence (especially because of longer service)
    precedential treatment for senior members of the firm

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  • This is as close to a logical deduction as you get in precedential reasoning, Balkinization
  • I am also a former dist. court law clerk whose judge made a point of instructing me that other district court opinions had no precedential value. The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District?
  • In the same way that the Supreme Court benefits from the give-and-take of circuit splits, circuit courts are better able to appreciate the need for them to issue a precedential opinion when the district courts are in open disagreement. The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District?
  • Other judges have tried their hand at precedential rhyme. Houston Chronicle
  • MGA: The Seventh Circuit has repeatedly held that district court opinions are not precedential and it actively discourages district courts in the Circuit from citing district court opinions. yeah, I saw one where Easterbrook held the appellant had “waived” an argument because all he cited was district court decisions. The Volokh Conspiracy » District Court Opinions Precedential Within the Same District?
  • A nonprecedential case, In re John A., 2003 WL 2008173 Cal. The Volokh Conspiracy » Alleged Religion-Based Attack in California
  • These suggestions were just relatively unconsidered dictum - discussions of matters that really weren't at issue in the case - and are likely to be seen by the Court as having only modest precedential effect.
  • Decisions by courts do not establish legal precedents, but important decisions by the SPC are highlighted in official guidance and have precedential effects.
  • Such a settlement wouldn 't "have any precedential value" for plaintiffs' attorneys in the suits, he says. Mozilo and SEC in Deal Discussions
  • precedential treatment for senior members of the firm
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