A California Court's Reminder On 'Law Of The Case' Doctrine

By David Casarrubias (September 8, 2020, 5:22 PM EDT) -- There are a handful of legal doctrines that can be difficult to comprehend, but the law of the case doctrine shouldn't be one of them. Yet, time and again, the doctrine seems to perplex litigants, especially when deciding whether it is binding or discretionary, and whether it has any application to a trial court's own prior rulings....

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