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Focus (Forum & Focus)

May 6, 2008

Hungry for Precedent

Forum Column - By Donald J. Kochan - Precedent is the doggy bag of law - what we do with it when we get home makes all the difference.

FORUM COLUMN

By Donald J. Kochan
This article appears on Page 6

      Court watchers start to salivate in May, looking anxiously toward June and the end of the "term" of the U.S. Supreme Court, which, like leaving dessert for last at dinner, often leaves the tastiest part of its decisional meal for last. This year's term is no different. We anxiously await many opinions over the next couple months from the Supreme Court, as we al...

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