Velamoor N. "Proposed federal rule of Appellate procedure 32.1 to require that circuits allow citation to unpublished opinions" HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION, 41 (2): 561-577 SUM 2004

[Eugene Garfield]

Author(s):  Velamoor, N

Title:      Proposed federal rule of Appellate procedure 32.1 to require
            that circuits allow citation to unpublished opinions

Source:     HARVARD JOURNAL ON LEGISLATION, 41 (2): 561-577 SUM 2004

Language: English  Document Type: Article

Abstract: Stare decisis is a defining principle of the United States's legal
system, widely regarded as crucial to ensuring predictability, fairness,
stability and principled decision-making.  Nevertheless, only a small
fraction of judges' decisions actually carry precedential value for
subsequent litigants.  Judges at all levels, and in all courts, frequently
issue so-called "unpublished" opinions, which are issued primarily for the
benefit of the parties to the case and typically cannot be cited by future
litigants as binding precedent, regardless of how similar the facts and
issues in those decisions may be.

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Publisher: HARVARD LAW SCHOOL

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