Computer-Aided Exercises in Civil Procedure (7th)

Jun 21, 2012 · The stare decisis, or binding effect, of the decision applies only to the holding, or ratio decidendi, and not to any dicta the court might have seen fit to mention along the way. A sound statement of this is the following: [N]ot every statement made in a judicial decision is an authoritative source to be followed in a later case presenting a ... ................
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