context: The Court of Appeals noted as much when remanding the instant action to this Court. (See Doc. No. 114 at 5 n. 2.) While the undersigned agrees with Plaintiff that a decision by one district judge may well be persuasive to another district judge, the simple fact of the matter is that judges are not bound to hew even to themselves and frequently depart from the logic of their brothers and sisters.
citation_a.signal: see
citation_a.parenthetical: noting split on a legal issue within the District of Minnesota and that the undersigned had, at different times, chosen to adopt different answers on the issue
citation_a.sentence: See, e.g., Springer v. McLane Co., 692 F.Supp.2d 1050, 1059 & n. 13 (D.Minn.2010) (Kyle, J.) (noting split on a legal issue within the District of Minnesota and that the undersigned had, at different times, chosen to adopt different answers on the issue); see also IBM Credit Corp. v. United Home for Aged Hebrews, 848 F.Supp. 495, 497 (S.D.N.Y.1994) (“District court rulings have influence only to the extent that jurists in other cases find them convincing.”).
citation_b.signal: see also
citation_b.identifier: 848 F.Supp. 495, 497
citation_b.parenthetical: "District court rulings have influence only to the extent that jurists in other cases find them convincing."
citation_b.sentence: See, e.g., Springer v. McLane Co., 692 F.Supp.2d 1050, 1059 & n. 13 (D.Minn.2010) (Kyle, J.) (noting split on a legal issue within the District of Minnesota and that the undersigned had, at different times, chosen to adopt different answers on the issue); see also IBM Credit Corp. v. United Home for Aged Hebrews, 848 F.Supp. 495, 497 (S.D.N.Y.1994) (“District court rulings have influence only to the extent that jurists in other cases find them convincing.”).