43 CFR § 4.418 Department of the Interior Hearings and Appeals Procedures

§ 4.418 Precedential effect of decisions and orders.

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The Board may dispose of an appeal by an order or a decision. Dispositive orders resolve an appeal and are binding on the parties, but they are not precedential. Non-precedential orders may be cited, but the Board is not obligated to follow or distinguish them in future appeals except when cited for the purpose of establishing res judicata, estoppel, or the law of the case. Decisions are precedential. Unless superseded or overruled, decisions may be cited as binding precedent in other appeals.

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