To: Alberta's Child
Do they have a tie-breaker in 4-4 cases...does the chief justice get to decide or something?
146 posted on
07/01/2005 7:33:28 AM PDT by
rwfromkansas
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To: rwfromkansas
No. In 4-4 ties, the decision of the Federal appellate court stands -- but the case does not set an official "legal precedent" the way a Supreme Court decision does.
167 posted on
07/01/2005 7:36:16 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(I ain't got a dime, but what I got is mine. I ain't rich, but Lord I'm free.)
To: rwfromkansas
No, in the case of a tie, the lower-court ruling stands...
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