NOUN
- an opinion that agrees with the court's disposition of the case but is written to express a particular judge's reasoning
How To Use concurring opinion In A Sentence
- As Justice Ginsburg explained in a concurring opinion, a prohibition of partial birth abortion does not save a single fetus. The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
- His concurring opinion contains what may be called a restatement of the law of treason and merits quotation at length; The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952
- Lord Judge delivered a concurring opinion. Times, Sunday Times
- But a concurring opinion contained the remark that the government should show the "necessity" of forcing reporters to testify.
- Justice Antonin Scalia released a short concurring opinion stating that there would be “irreparable harm.” The Conservative Assault on the Constitution
- You then have what are called concurring opinions and dissent, and two justices names don't appear there at all: Justices O'Connor and Justice Kennedy. CNN Transcript - Breaking News: Al Gore Delivers Concession Speech - December 14, 2000
- Mindful of his senate testimony, the Chief Justice wrote a 14-page mea culpa (in legal parlance called a concurring opinion) explaining why his vote to overrule earlier cases did not overrule his testimony before the U.S. S.nate. CounterPunch
- A confession cannot fairly be called 'uncoerced' that results from the sort of calculated manipulation that appears to be present here - even if the police did not actually beat or torture the confessor, or threaten to do so," Judge Robert S. Smith wrote in a concurring opinion. NYT > Home Page
