Peter Bormuth v. County of Jackson

I concur in the majority opinion.

CONCURRENCE

I write separately to explain why Justice Thomas’s concurrence in Town of Greece, *520however compelling it may be, does not constitute binding precedent for us in this case,

The general rule of both horizontal and vertical stare decisis is that holdings of the same court, and of a higher court (to which the parties can appeal), not overruled or superseded by later such holdings, constitute binding precedent.' Horizontal stare decisis protects the fundamental interest of deciding like cases alike (basic fairness), and the interest of having people know…