Entek GRB, LLC v. Stull Ranches, LLC

GORSUCH, Circuit Judge.

Law of the case doctrine permits a court to decline the invitation to reconsider issues already resolved earlier in the life of a litigation. It’s a pretty important thing too. Without something like it, an adverse judicial decision would become little more than an invitation to take a mulligan, encouraging lawyers and litigants alike to believe that if at first you don’t succeed, just try again. A system like that would reduce the incentive for parties to put their best effort,into their initial submissions on an issue, waste judicial resources, and introduce even more…