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Originally Posted by Gozarian
Precedent constitutes the starting-point of judges' reasoning. Most of the time, judges look closely to precedent for purposes of legal certainty and for fear that their decisions might be challenged before higher instances. In international law, the stare decisis rule has been excluded since 1922, but permanent jurisdictions constantly refer to their previous decisions.
However the doctrine of stare decisis, to my knowledge, has nothing to do with out of court settlements.
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I guess I didn't really clarify what I meant. It was late
Since it is a settlement and therefore not really a legal precedent it doesn't have a lot of legal standing so much as it is a blueprint for future lawyers to use as a way go after these big file lockers.