Re: Jacobsen v. Katzer settled

[Hyman Rosen]

On 2/22/2010 5:30 PM, RJack wrote:
> 1) The erroneous Jacobsen decision, having been voluntarily settled,
> can't be overturned.

The original decision was overturned and remanded.
That's the one you're quoting.

> 2) The erroneous Jacobsen decision can never be used as precedent in any
> federal court of the United States.

The reasoning of the court can and will be duplicated,
and will be brought to the attention of other courts
which consider similar matters, regardless of whether
the decision itself is binding on other courts.