[Editor's note: This letter was submitted in response to Thomas R. Newman and Steven J. Ahmuty Jr.'s column "Precedents and Stare Decisis," which the Law Journal published on Jan. 2]

This beneficial article makes many sound points. Particularly useful is the authors' reference to Mountain View Coach Lines v. Storms, 102 AD2d 663 (2^nd Dept 1984), for the proposition, sometimes overlooked by practitioners, that the Appellate Division "is a single state-wide court" such that trial courts in the home department must follow appellate rulings in other departments unless or until the home appellate department rules otherwise.