Kurtz v. Baker’s Empirical Analysis
1986
Citation profile
1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 2 U.S.C. § 288G
Relies on Ashwander v. Tennessee Valley Authority · United States v. W. T. Grant Co. · Insurance Corp. of Ireland v. Compagnie Des Bauxites De Guinee · United States v. Munsingwear, Inc. · County of Los Angeles v. Davis
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“[although a decision vacating a judgment necessarily prevents the opinion of the lower court from being the law of the case, the expressions of the court below on the merits, if not reversed, will continue to have precedential weight and, until contrary authority is decided, are likely to be viewed as persuasive authority if not the governing law of the ... Circuit.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
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