A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion in a legal case in certain legal systems written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the...
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Citizens United v. FEC (section Dissenting opinion)
independently support political candidates with financial resources. In a dissenting opinion, Justice John Paul Stevens argued that the court's ruling represented...
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collegiate level. Associate Justice William J. Brennan Jr. wrote a dissenting opinion, in which he was joined by Associate Justices Thurgood Marshall and...
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plurality opinion. A dissenting opinion (or dissent) is an opinion written by one or more judges expressing disagreement with the majority opinion. A dissenting...
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Doe v. Groody (section Alito's dissenting opinion)
are not entitled to qualified immunity." Judge Samuel Alito wrote a dissenting opinion saying that police officers did not violate the Constitution when...
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Per curiam decision (redirect from Per curiam opinion)
by extensive concurring and dissenting opinions. The Supreme Court of Florida frequently releases death penalty opinions in a per curiam form, even if...
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Obergefell v. Hodges (section Dissenting opinions)
it as such. The dissenting justices framed the issue similarly, but not necessarily using the same language. See the dissenting opinions below. Cathcart...
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drug trafficking offense." (Id.) Judge Steven Colloton wrote the majority opinion for himself and Judge Arnold. Colloton wrote, "The United States initiated...
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Bernal v. Fainter (section Dissenting opinion)
Rehnquist wrote a one-sentence dissenting opinion stating: "I dissent for the reasons stated in my dissenting opinion in Sugarman v. Dougall." In Sugarman...
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Anthony Kennedy, in a dissenting opinion, cautioned against the limitations on law enforcement inherent in the majority opinion. According to Kennedy...
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Mapp v. Ohio (section Dissenting opinion)
quoted in LaFave (2012), § 1.1(e). Mapp, 367 U.S. at 679 (Harlan, J., dissenting), quoted in LaFave (2012), § 1.1(e). LaFave, Wayne R. (2012). Search and...
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majority opinion may be broken down into numbered or lettered sections. This allows judges who write an opinion "concurring in part" or "dissenting in part"...
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Fleischhauer Dissenting Opinions of individual judges: Dissenting Opinion of Vice-President Schwebel Dissenting Opinion of Judge Oda Dissenting Opinion of Judge...
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SEC v. W. J. Howey Co. (section Dissenting opinion)
well as the sale of them. Justice Felix Frankfurter wrote a brief dissenting opinion. He first suggested the Supreme Court to defer to the findings of...
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had brought against the UK government, including Lord Carswell's dissenting opinion in the House of Lords Appeal. The Applicants contended that their...
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Dissent (redirect from Dissenting)
a minority report. Dissenting opinions are normally written at the same time as the majority opinion and any concurring opinions, and are also delivered...
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Plyler v. Doe (section Dissenting opinions)
joined by Justices White, Rehnquist, and O'Connor, wrote a dissenting opinion. The four dissenting justices all agreed with the majority that it would be...
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Indian jurist Radhabinod Pal raised substantive objections in a dissenting opinion: he found the entire prosecution case to be weak regarding the conspiracy...
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Trump v. Hawaii (section Dissenting opinions)
a dissenting opinion. Judge Kozinski of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals filed a late dissent on March 17, 2017, to the Ninth Circuit's opinion in...
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Vizconde murders (section Dissenting opinion)
Hubert Webb, et. al., 2010 Concurring opinions Carpio Morales, 2010 Sereno, 2010 Supplemental opinion Brion, 2010 Dissenting opinion Villarama, 2010...
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Samuel Alito (section Notable opinions)
notification requirement along with the rest of the law. Federalism A dissenting opinion in United States v. Rybar, 103 F.3d 273 (3d Cir. 1996), arguing that...
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that precedent was being overturned in the Barnette ruling. In his dissenting opinion, Frankfurter reinforced his holding in Gobitis that those who disagree...
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Texas v. White (section Dissenting opinion)
to the Supreme Court. The court delivered its opinion (with five justices supporting and three dissenting) on April 12, 1869. Chief Justice Salmon Chase...
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behind the Supreme Court decision revolves around the notion that, as the opinion argues, "the exclusionary rule has its limitations." According to the court...
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and Stephen Breyer. Justice Breyer filed a separate dissenting opinion, joined by the same dissenting Justices, which sought to demonstrate that, starting...
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March 6, 1978 with a 6–2 majority. The court opinion was written by William Rehnquist, and a dissenting opinion was written by Thurgood Marshall, who was...
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Csángós (section Comments of the government of Romania, dissenting opinion on behalf of the Romanian delegation)
original (PDF) on March 5, 2009. Retrieved 2008-10-11. "Appendix 2 — Dissenting opinion presented by Mr Prisăcaru on behalf of the Romanian delegation". Delegation...
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Hammer v. Dagenhart (section Dissenting opinion)
not give Congress the power to regulate working conditions. In his dissenting opinion, Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr. argued that goods manufactured...
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activity. In a one-paragraph dissenting opinion, Justice Kennedy wrote that he agreed with all of Justice Thomas' opinion, except his conclusion that the...
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restriction" than the one drawn by CPPA. Chief Justice Rehnquist put forth a dissenting opinion, which began with a concern that rapidly advancing technology would...
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