EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY COMMISSION, Plaintiff, Appellant, v. Frank J. TRABUCCO, Et Al., Defendants, Appellees

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• noting that \an issue of law must have been heard and decided\ to constitute binding precedent
• “Thus, the issue in the case at bar was addressed by Mahoney in his litigation, even if not as thoroughly as the EEOC would have desired.”
• “We have found no case, nor has appellant cited us to any, that supports its contention that a weak or ineffective presentation in a prior ease deprives the ruling of precedential effect.”
• stare decisis not narrowly confined to parties and privies, its broad impact reaches strangers to earlier litigation
• “[W]e would not relish the prospect of evaluating the effectiveness of factual presentation and argument as a precondition of ... determining whether or not to accord stare decisis effect to an issue that has been raised and decided.”

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