Unit 2 Outcome 1 - Developing Or Avoiding Earlier Precedents

Question 1

Distinguish

Answer 1

Courts decide main facts are sufficiently different that precedent is not binding

Question 2

Reverse

Answer 2

Higher courts make a different decision than a lower court in the same case

Question 3

Overrule

Answer 3

Higher court makes a different decision than in a previous case

Question 4

Disapprove

Answer 4

Court expresses disapproval or previous precedent but is bound by it