dissenting opinion

Noun

Meaning

an opinion that disagrees with the court's disposition of the case

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A dissenting opinion was offered by Scott, who wrote that aside from the key effects sequences, Frakes "aims to distract Trekkers from the distinctly cheap-looking remainder". Source: Internet

Bezhashvili argued the ruling was made due to political pressure, pointing out to the fact that four justices are writing a dissenting opinion to the decision. Source: Internet

He has one ask for a dissenting opinion: Show him why. Source: Internet

In a dissenting opinion on Wednesday, Chief Justice Roberts said the court had acted rashly. Source: Internet

In his widely cited dissenting opinion in Olmstead v. United States (1928), Brandeis relied on thoughts he developed in his Harvard Law Review article in 1890. Source: Internet

Justice Antonin Scalia expressed the view, in the dissenting opinion of Troxel v. Granville 530 U.S. 57 (2000), that: The Declaration of Independence. Source: Internet

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