Board of Regents v. Ellis

I dissent from the last sentence of paragraph 8 of the syllabus and the corresponding portion of the opinion for as I see it this court in reaching the conclusions there stated has failed to follow established rules of appellate practice, and to follow its own decisions. While I do not believe that adherence to the doctrine of stare decisis is always compelled, I do believe that former decisions should be adhered to in the absence of sound reason to the contrary and that if the former decisions are wrong and are not to be followed, the reasons why they are so should be pointed out and the…