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· 1/27/1988

Commonwealth of Massachusetts, Department of Education v. United States Department of Education

Citations

  • 837 F.2d 536
  • 1988 U.S. App. LEXIS 948

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  • once an agency \builds a body of precedent . . . it cannot thereafter lightly disregard\ that precedent, but must follow, distinguish, or overrule it
  • once an agency \builds a body of precedent . . . it cannot thereafter lightly disregard\ that precedent, but must follow, distinguish, or overrule it

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Judges: Bownes, Selya, Caffrey

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