1. The trial court is bound by the Supreme Court’s decision under Stare Decisis. The Supreme Court is the highest court in the judicial system. All other courts are most likely to follow a higher courts decision. The only time a precedent would change is if it is out of date, the situation is different, or if the ruling is found invalid. 2. The Jacksons can sue the Polks under civil law not criminal. Trashing your …showed first 75 words of 317 total…

…showed last 75 words of 317 total…future sales. The statute is now in effect and must be followed. At my job, I have customers that qualified for their local NBC, ABC, CBS, and FOX channels through satellite back in 1995 and were getting them since 1995. Now in 2001, during legal disputes some areas are not allowed to have them anymore. Since the customers already had them before 2001, they are allowed to keep them, while new customers in 2001 are not allowed to have them.