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Politics : Formerly About Advanced Micro Devices
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To: jlallen who wrote (484858)6/1/2009 1:23:37 PM
From: Tenchusatsu  Read Replies (3) of 1574261
 
Jlallen, > The ONLY cases which can be reversed are the ones on appeal....

Right, but scores of decisions are sent through the appeals process, almost always by the losers. It's up to the appeals process to determine which ones actually make it and which ones are rejected. AFAIK (and remember, I'm not a law expert), there are two reasons why an appeals court would agree to review a decision:

1) The ones who are appealing the decision have a good case and therefore stand a reasonable chance of winning.

2) The decision has significant implications in the field of law or in the society in which the laws apply.

It really makes no sense for an appeals court to agree to review decisions that are not likely to be reversed. Hence if you only count the decisions that make it to the appeals court, then you are already starting with a set of decisions that are likely going to be reversed.

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