Definitions for concurring opinion
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1. concurring opinionnoun

   an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning

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1. concurring opinionnoun

   An opinion which follows the outcome of the majority of the court, but might arrive there in a differing manner.

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1. Concurring opinion

   In law, a concurring opinion is in certain legal systems a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different (or additional) reasons as the basis for his or her decision. When no absolute majority of the court can agree on the basis for deciding the case, the decision of the court may be contained in a number of concurring opinions, and the concurring opinion joined by the greatest number of judges is referred to as the plurality opinion. As a practical matter, concurring opinions are slightly less useful to lawyers than majority opinions. Having failed to receive a majority of the court's votes, concurring opinions are not binding precedent and cannot be cited as such. But concurring opinions can sometimes be cited as a form of persuasive precedent (assuming the point of law is one on which there is no binding precedent already in effect). The conflict in views between a majority opinion and a concurring opinion can assist a lawyer in understanding the points of law articulated in the majority opinion. Occasionally, a judge will use a concurring opinion to signal that he or she is open to certain types of test cases that would facilitate the development of a new legal rule, and in turn, such a concurring opinion may become more famous than the majority opinion in the same case. A well-known example of this phenomenon is Escola v. Coca-Cola Bottling Co. (1944).Concurring opinions may be held by courts but not expressed: in many legal systems the court "speaks with one voice" and thus any concurring or dissenting opinions are not reported.

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1. concurring opinion

   A concurring opinion is a written opinion by one or more judges in a legal case who agree with the decision reached by the majority of the court, but for different or additional reasons. The judge(s) may write this separately to express unique reasoning or to further explain or clarify their viewpoint. It is used in courts that allow multiple judges to express their views separately.

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1. Concurring opinion

   In law, a concurring opinion is a written opinion by one or more judges of a court which agrees with the decision made by the majority of the court, but states different reasons as the basis for his or her decision. When no absolute majority of the court can agree on the basis for deciding the case, the decision of the court may be contained in a number of concurring opinions, and the concurring opinion joined by the greatest number of judges is referred to as the plurality opinion. There are several kinds of concurring opinion. A simple concurring opinion arises when a judge joins the decision of the court but has something to add. Concurring in judgment means that the judge agrees with the majority decision but not with the reasoning of the majority opinion. In some courts, such as the Supreme Court of the United States, the majority opinion may be broken down into numbered or lettered parts, and then concurring justices may state that they join some parts of the majority opinion, but not others, for the reasons given in their concurring opinion. In other courts, such as the Supreme Court of California, the same justice may write a majority opinion and a separate concurring opinion to express additional reasons in support of the judgment.

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1. Chaldean Numerology

   The numerical value of concurring opinion in Chaldean Numerology is: 8

2. Pythagorean Numerology

   The numerical value of concurring opinion in Pythagorean Numerology is: 7

Examples of concurring opinion in a Sentence

1. Phil Murphy:

   The President can feel confident in staking out a position -- I know I feel confident -- because we're not speculating. These are facts, we know exactly what these folks are doing and what they say they will do. You read Clarence Thomas's concurring opinion [ on the Dobbs decision ]. You listen to Kevin McCarthy. You look at a [ Ohio Rep. ] Jim Jordan.

2. David Kopel:

   Few people realize how often Justice Thomas' solo opinions eventually become majority opinions in Supreme Court, for example, in the 1997 case Printz v. United States, Justice Thomas ' wrote a concurring opinion saying that some gun control laws might violate the Second Amendment, expressing his hope that the court would one day take a Second Amendment case.

References

1. ^ Princeton's WordNet
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3. ^ Wikipedia
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