U.S. Court of Appeals for the Sixth Circuit
Med. Ctr. at Elizabeth Place, LLC v. Atrium Health Sys.
This writing
- Type
- Concurrence
- Filed
- April 25, 2019
- Case
- Med. Ctr. at Elizabeth Place, LLC v. Atrium Health Sys.
- Case status
- Decided
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SUTTON, Circuit Judge, concurring. I join Judge Batchelder's thoughtful opinion in full. I write separately to discuss the law-of-the-case doctrine and to explain why it does not apply to the prior panel's decision. What we call law of the case has two parts. The first part, known as the "mandate rule," is vertical. A lower court "is bound by the decree [of a higher court] as the law of the case, and must ca…
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Other writings in this case
| Type | Author | Filed |
|---|---|---|
| Opinion | Alice Moore Batchelder | April 25, 2019 |
| Lead opinion | Not attributed | April 25, 2019 |