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To: darkmatter

Pardon my ignorance but what does "Per Curiam" mean?


54 posted on 12/20/2005 1:04:14 PM PST by traderrob6
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To: traderrob6

In latin it means "By the Court". It means that all of the members of the court are endorsing the opinion as opposed to the "winners" writing the opinion and the "losers" writing the "dissenting opinion" or


55 posted on 12/20/2005 1:11:10 PM PST by darkmatter (Let them hate. As long as they fear. -Julius Caesar)
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To: traderrob6

or...a concurring opinion.

(Sorry for the break in the post.)


56 posted on 12/20/2005 1:12:21 PM PST by darkmatter (Let them hate. As long as they fear. -Julius Caesar)
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