Precedent that must be applied or followed is known as binding precedent (alternately mandatory precedent, mandatory or binding authority, etc.). Under the doctrine of stare decisis, a lower court must honor findings of law made by a higher court that is within the appeals path of cases the court hears.
Update at 9:55 a.m. ET. 'Talk' To Go Off The Air At The End Of July; Decision Came After Discussions With Stations: The New York Times adds that the plan is the product of discussions that began more than two years ago between NPR and some of its biggest member stations.
Updated Breaking: Talk Talk confirms it has been the victim of a sustained cyber-attack.. Internet provider Talk Talk is in the second day of its outage woes, with its website still on its knees and customers continuing to report connectivity issues.The issue first appeared yesterday at 3pm.However, according to outage website Down Detector customers are still experiencing service problems today. Talk Talk said of the issue yesterday: We have taken down talktalk.co.uk temporarily, and normal service will be resumed as soon as possible.Our taking down of the website is not related to a broadband outage.. However, customers continued to vent on Twitter this morning ...pdated Breaking: Talk Talk confirms it has been the victim of a sustained cyber-attack.. Internet provider Talk Talk is in the second day of its outage woes, with its website still on its knees and customers continuing to report connectivity issues.