Although Federal District Courts Are Theoretically Bound by Supreme Court

question 60

Multiple Choice

Although federal district courts are theoretically bound by Supreme Court precedents,they sometimes deviate because

• A)the facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court.
• B)federal judges may decide a different legal reasoning is justified.
• C)ambiguities or unaddressed issues in Supreme Court rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
• D)of all these factors: The facts of a case are seldom precisely the same as those of similar cases decided by the Supreme Court; federal judges may a different legal reasoning is justified; and ambiguities or unaddressed issues in the Court's rulings give lower courts some flexibility in deciding cases.
• E)None of these answers is correct.

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