1. 92 Though the statement was dicta under any definition, three years later it worked itself into a rule statement in Rolwing v. Nestle Holdings, Inc. 93 While the issue was briefed, 94 Judge Raymond Gruender turned the dicta of Bell into the law of the circuit. 95 Thus, the defendants' arguments were unavailing; principles of stare decisis governed the outcome. This two-step process represents a paradigmatic example of dicta transmuted into law;Knowles is an odd case in that it went straight from an Arkansas district court to the Supreme Court. The Eight Circuit declined to grant the defendant's interlocutory appeal because the issue had already been settled in the circuit. But it had never been adequately considered,2012
2. pdf; see also Ryan S. Killian, An Illusion of Sacrifice: The Incompatability of Binding Stipulations in CAFA Cases;The Supreme Court, 11-1450 Standard Fire Insurance Company v. Knowles: Question Presented,2012
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