
Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller
Edition 10ISBN: 978-1305075443
Cengage Advantage Books: Fundamentals of Business Law Today 10th Edition by Roger LeRoy Miller
Edition 10ISBN: 978-1305075443 Exercise 13
Binding versus Persuasive Authority.
A county court in Illinois is deciding a case involving an issue that has never been addressed before in that state's courts. The Iowa Supreme Court, however, recently decided a case involving a very similar fact pattern. Is the Illinois court obligated to follow the Iowa Supreme Court's decision on the issue? If the United States Supreme Court had decided a similar case, would that decision be binding on the Illinois court? Explain.
A county court in Illinois is deciding a case involving an issue that has never been addressed before in that state's courts. The Iowa Supreme Court, however, recently decided a case involving a very similar fact pattern. Is the Illinois court obligated to follow the Iowa Supreme Court's decision on the issue? If the United States Supreme Court had decided a similar case, would that decision be binding on the Illinois court? Explain.
Explanation
Binding authority:
It is the monitoring...
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