Appellate Practice Attorney serving New York, NY
I assume that by "newly enacted law" you mean a statute. If so, that takes precedence. "Case law" interprets statutes (I'm just using statutes as a generic terms to include all laws enacted by legislative or administrative bodies.) If that changes validly (meaning that if the new statute doesn't violate a higher statute, for example a statute which violates the U.S. Constitution), and affects the basis of a prior "case law" ruling, the prior ruling is no longer controlling precedent.
Answered on Oct 05th, 2015 at 9:21 AM