A bedrock legal doctrine called "stare decisis," Latin for "to stand by things decided," calls upon courts to respect their prior precedents when resolving new cases on similar matters. A basic tenet of U.S. law is that stare decisis promotes consistency and predictability in the law.

In a dissent Monday, Justice Clarence Thomas said the Supreme Court's longstanding bar against tort suits from members of the military, known as the "Feres doctrine," has no basis in law.

In May of 2025, Colibri Heart Valve LLC (“Colibri”) sued Medtronic CoreValve, LLC (“Medtronic”) for infringement of U.S. Patent No. 8,900,294, (the “’294 patent”). The ’294 patent is directed to a method of implanting an artificial heart ...

The Supreme Court on Wednesday heard arguments for overturning the so-called Chevron doctrine, one of the most important principles guiding federal regulation for the past 40 years. The doctrine, named for a 1984 court case involving Environmental ...

Joel Brandes at the New York State Court of Appeals in September 2016 in Albany, New York. (Photo/Hans Pennink) “Stare decisis” means “to stand by things decided.” (Black’s Law Dictionary, 11th ed. 2019). Stare decisis is the doctrine that courts ...

Where a would-be debtor has breached a condition precedent to a debt, that condition precedent cannot be “deemed fulfilled” under English

The Supreme Court considered whether to overrule the seminal 1984 Chevron decision, which requires judges to defer to agencies’ interpretations of ambiguous statutes. By Adam Liptak Reporting from Washington Follow live updates for the Supreme Court’s ...

The U.S. Supreme Court next week weighs the legality of Donald Trump's firing of a Federal Trade Commission member in a major test of presidential power over agencies set up by Congress to be insulated from White House control in a case that could imperil a 90-year-old legal precedent.

Maryland’s top court might soon revisit its decades-old precedent that a prohibition on minor children suing their parents survives the child’s death, thus barring a youngster’s estate from suing an allegedly negligent mother or father for wrongful ...

As the Supreme Court approaches the final opinion release dates of its term, environmental and administrative lawyers are waiting with bated breath to learn the fate of a legal doctrine that federal agencies have used since the Reagan administration to ...

JACKSON, Miss. (WLBT) - Jackson is seeking a rehearing in a case alleging the city knowingly allowed people to drink water contaminated with lead. On Monday, the city asked for a rehearing before the entire U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, days after a three-member panel overturned a lower court’s ruling dismissing the matter.