>>>>> "Dude" == Dude VanWinkle <dudevanwinkle_at_gmail.com> writes:
Dude> On 01 Dec 2006 08:54:23 -0800, Randal L. Schwartz <merlyn_at_stonehenge.com> wrote:
>>
>> If there's caselaw in Georgia, that's useful for Georgia, but
>> certainly isn't referencable in the 49 other states.
Dude> actually, it is. it is called legal precedence
It wasn't clear from your posting that you were talking about a federal case.
In that case, yes, it's caselaw. However, if it was just Georgia state law,
that would *not* create case law for any other state.
By the way, "caselaw" and "legal precedent" are the same.
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