context: Plaintiffs challenge the correctness of the Supreme Court's decision in Feres. Because the Supreme Court has not overruled Feres, we must follow it.
citation_a.signal: see also
citation_a.identifier: 248 F.3d 863, 869
citation_a.parenthetical: "[W]e are bound to follow this well-worn path [of Feres]."
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., State Oil Co. v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3, 20, 118 S.Ct. 275, 139 L.Ed.2d 199 (1997) (“[I]t is [the Supreme] Court’s prerogative alone to overrule one of its precedents.”); Kingman Reef Atoll Invs., L.L.C. v. United States, 541 F.3d 1189, 1196 (9th Cir. 2008) (“[I]n the absence of any Supreme Court decision overruling [an earlier Supreme Court precedent], we must follow the Supreme Court precedent that directly controls, leaving to the Court the prerogative of overruling its own prior decisions.” (internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Costo v. United States, 248 F.3d 863, 869 (9th Cir. 2001) (“[W]e are bound to follow this well-worn path [of Feres].”).
citation_b.signal: see
citation_b.parenthetical: "[I]t is [the Supreme] Court's prerogative alone to overrule one of its precedents."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., State Oil Co. v. Khan, 522 U.S. 3, 20, 118 S.Ct. 275, 139 L.Ed.2d 199 (1997) (“[I]t is [the Supreme] Court’s prerogative alone to overrule one of its precedents.”); Kingman Reef Atoll Invs., L.L.C. v. United States, 541 F.3d 1189, 1196 (9th Cir. 2008) (“[I]n the absence of any Supreme Court decision overruling [an earlier Supreme Court precedent], we must follow the Supreme Court precedent that directly controls, leaving to the Court the prerogative of overruling its own prior decisions.” (internal quotation marks omitted)); see also Costo v. United States, 248 F.3d 863, 869 (9th Cir. 2001) (“[W]e are bound to follow this well-worn path [of Feres].”).