AT&T Corp. v. Lillis

STEELE, Chief Justice and RIDGELY, Justice

dissenting.

“The law of the case doctrine requires that there must be some closure to matters already decided in a given case by the highest court of a particular jurisdiction, particularly when ... that same court is considering matters in a later phase of the same litigation.” 1 This doctrine, however, is “not an absolute bar to reconsideration of a prior decision that is clearly wrong, produces an injustice or should be revisited because of changed circumstances.”2 The majority holds that the law of the case doctrine is inapplicable because there…