Legal Opinion · Dissent
United States v. Valencia
Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit
Decided March 5, 1981No. Nos. 726, 735, Dockets 79-1365, 79-1366PublishedCited by 6 opinions
1DissentVan Graafeiland, Circuit Judge
The doctrine of stare decisis is not “an imprisonment of reason” but “neither is it a whimsy.” United States v. International Boxing Club of New York, Inc., 348 U.S. 236, 249, 75 S.Ct. 259, 266, 99 L.Ed. 290 (1955) (Frankfurter, J., dissenting). “Very weighty considerations underlie the principle that courts should not lightly overrule past decisions.” Moragne v. States Marine Lines, Inc., 398 U.S. 375, 403, 90 S.Ct. 1772, 1789, 26 L.Ed.2d 339 (1970).
It is these considerations, perhaps, that have given rise to the commonly accepted doctrine that one Court of Appeals panel cannot overrule the…
2Cases cited24 opinions
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- Minor v. United StatesSupreme Court of the United States · 1969
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