forward operation
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From 287 U.S. 358 - Great Northern Ry Co v. Sunburst Oil & Refining Co · 1932Most cited · 1,484 citing opinions
A state in defining the limits of adherence to precedent may make a choice for itself between the principle of forward operation and that of relation backward. It may say that decisions of its highest court, though later overruled, are law none the less for intermediate transactions.