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3. Court Precedent Arising from Unconstitutionality Actionsand Constitutional DisputesIn relation to the third method of forming court precedent, it should be specified thatthe reasoning contained in the conclusions of law or legal arguments of decisions onconstitutional disputes and unconstitutionality actions approved by eight Justices iscourt precedent. 7Normally, in drafting an authoritative decision arising from these proceedings, the procedureof extracting the interpretation held and approving its text in a session is followed,as is done with respect to court precedent arising from the resolution of amparoproceedings. 83.1. Binding EffectCourt precedent set in a plenary session of the Supreme Court of Justice is binding 369on chambers of the Supreme Court, the Unitary and Collegiate Circuit Courts, theDistrict Courts, the military and local courts, and administrative and labor courts,local or federal. 9 Regarding the Electoral Court, the Organic Law of the Judicial Powerof the Federation constrains it to following court precedent set by plenary sessions ofthe Supreme Court when it involves a direct interpretation of an article of the Constitution.It should be emphasized that the binding nature of court precedent is not dependenton the drafting, control, and dissemination of the decisions constituting precedents. Inthe event a decision constituting precedent that is presumed to have been held by theSupreme Court of Justice of the Nation without being reflected in a decision formallyapproved and published is invoked before a Collegiate Circuit Court, the respectivecourt must verify, through the Bureau of Coordination of Compilation and Systemizationof Decisions, the existence of the legal interpretation.However, the bodies that establish court precedent must comply with Article 195 ofthe Amparo Law with regard to approval of the text and heading of the binding decisions.According to this law, said bodies must also send the court precedent to the area responsiblefor publishing the Federal Judicial Weekly and its Gazette and the judicial bodies thatwere not involved in its formation. 10Court Precedent__________7By analogy, the rulings in the summary constitutional appeals and complaints filed in relation to theseconstitutional means of control must have the same effects.8Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, op. cit., p. 62.9Which can be seen from Article 192 of the Amparo Law.10Supreme Court of Justice of the Nation, op. cit., pp. 77-79.