The purported
precedential effect of this proceeding in other parts of Canada is simply not relevant, nor are the other issues CREA raises, namely, trademark issues and general service offerings by brokers.»
Even then, the Judge's decision has
no precedential effect unless the Court of Appeals affirms it.
The question presented here is not whether opinions ought to be published, but whether they ought to have
precedential effect, whether published or not.
These are binding on the parties to the adjudicatory proceedings and have
precedential effect on future parties in similar situations.
Given
the precedential effect, CCSA sought review of the decision by the California Supreme Court.
And, I didn't include court orders in trial courts with
no precedential effects which are binding between the parties even though some consent decrees in that set of documents have the force of law.