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Judicial opinion

Legal and judicial opinions

Judicial opinions & aggregates for official decisions (O.S-Federal)

Majority opinion
Dissenting opinion
Plurality opinion
Concurring opinion
Memorandum opinion
Per curiam opinion
Seriatim opinion

A judicial opinion is a form of legal opinion written by a judge or a panel of judges explaining how they resolved a legal dispute.[1] It cites the decision reached to resolve the dispute. A judicial opinion usually includes the reasons behind the decision.[1] Where there are three or more judges, it may take the form of a majority opinion, minority opinion or a concurring opinion.[2]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Orin S. Kerr (August 2005). "How to Read a Judicial Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students" (PDF). Carnegie Mellon; Computation Organizations & Society. Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  2. "judicial opinion". Archived from the original on 9 June 2016. Retrieved 15 March 2016.

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