The information in the passage suggests that the realists would most likely have agreed with which one of the following statements about the reaction of judges to past interpretations of a precedential case, each of which states a different legal rule? A. The judges would most likely disagree with one or more of the interpretations and overturn the earlier judges' decisions. B. The judges might differ from each other concerning which of the interpretations would apply in a given case. C. The judges probably would consider themselves bound by all the legal rules stated in the interpretations. D. The judges would regard the lack of unanimity among interpretations as evidence that no precedents existed. E. The judges would point out in their holdings the inherent contradictions arising from the earlier judges' differing interpretations.