Henriques v. Vinhaca

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that decisions of the Court are binding when issued and are to be applied by the Secretary when adjudicating claims
• holding that “it would be reasonable for the Board to stay its proceedings in a case that arguably falls within the precedent” of another on appeal
• holding that the Court’s decisions are binding “unless or until overturned by this Court en banc, the United States Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or the Supreme Court”
• holding that VA is bound by decisions of this Court, unless or until that decision is overturned by this Court en banc, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, or the U.S. Supreme Court
• “appeal of a decision does suspend the finality of any judgment with respect to the parties to that case until the appeal is resolved”
• \The refusal to consider the applicability of a controlling precedent of this Court constitutes an error as a matter of law.\

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).