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Petition of the day

The petition of the day is:

13-1165

Issue: (1) Whether alternative holdings, each independently sufficient to sustain a judgment, all have preclusive effect in subsequent proceedings, as the Second, Third, Ninth, Eleventh, and D.C. Circuits hold, or whether none of them do, as the Fourth, Seventh, Tenth, and Federal Circuits hold; and (2) whether the mandate rule bars a party from relitigating an issue in the same case that was within the scope of a decision that was unequivocally affirmed.

Recommended Citation: Maureen Johnston, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (May. 28, 2014, 10:17 PM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2014/05/petition-of-the-day-617/