Two justices in the same majority, given the opportunity, might write very different majority opinions ( as evidenced by many concurring opinions ); being assigned the opinion may also cement the vote of an Associate who is viewed as only marginally in the majority ( a tactic that was reportedly used to some effect by Earl Warren ).

* The concurring opinions of Burger and Douglas, as well as White's dissenting opinion, were issued along with Doe v. Bolton and may be found at:

The Law Lords were the ones who give opinions on the case, the other Lords normally concurring therein.

Normally, the Law Lords were the members who opined on the law, the other members merely concurring with their opinions.

These lists contain detailed tables about each term, including which Justices filed the Court's opinion, dissenting and concurring opinions in each case, and information about Justices joining opinions.

Dissenting and concurring opinions are fewer than during the Dickson and Lamer Courts.

The three concurring opinions were written by Justices Clark, Douglas and Harlan.

Announced on December 14, 1964, the opinion of the court was delivered by Justice Tom C. Clark, with concurring opinions by Justice Arthur Goldberg, Justice Hugo Black, and Justice William O. Douglas.

Separate concurring opinions were delivered by Justices Felix Frankfurter and Robert H. Jackson.

Jackson's concurring opinion in 1952's Youngstown Sheet & Tube Co. v. Sawyer ( forbidding President Harry Truman's seizure of steel mills during the Korean War to avert a strike ), where Jackson formulated a three-tier test for evaluating claims of presidential power, remains one of the most widely cited opinions in Supreme Court history ( it was quoted repeatedly by Supreme Court nominees John Roberts and Samuel Alito during their confirmation hearings ).

However, in all cases, concurring opinions had advocated an " objective " test, focusing instead on whether the conduct of the police or other investigators would catch only those " ready and willing to commit crime.

In two opinions, ( Majority opinion written by Cory J. per La Forest, Gonthier, Cory, McLachlin, Iacobucci and Major JJ., concurring in result: L ' Heureux-Dubé J.

The Court split 6 to 2 in ruling that Baker's case was justiciable, producing, in addition to the opinion of the Court by Justice William J. Brennan, three concurring opinions and two dissenting opinions.

He wrote 247 opinions for the Court, 132 concurring opinions, and 251 dissents.

Justice Douglas and Black both wrote concurring opinions in which they argued that the lower court's decision should have been overturned based on the Fifth Amendment liberty from self incrimination.

Brewer was an active member of the Supreme Court, writing often in both concurring and dissenting opinions.

It is worth noting that in writing their concurring opinions, the additional justices chose to forgo the explanation that California had violated Article 1, Section 8 of the Constitution, arguing that defining the transportation of human beings as “ commerce ” raises a number of troubling moral questions which undermine individual rights and devalue the original intent of the Commerce Clause.

His opinions, both concurring and dissenting, were generally very long and weighted with legal history.

The concurring opinions of Justice Goldberg and Justice Douglas simply stated that they would reverse based upon their opinions in Bell v. Maryland, 378 U. S. 226 ( 1964 ), another case involving a sit-in demonstration by African American students that was announced the same day as the Bouie decision.

Chief Justice Rehnquist's concurring opinion, joined by Justices Scalia and Thomas, began by emphasizing that this was an unusual case in which the Constitution requires federal courts to assess whether a state supreme court has properly interpreted the will of the state legislature.

On June 30, with six Justices concurring and three dissenting, the Supreme Court upheld the right of the two newspapers to publish the material.

" The U. S. Supreme Court overruled the Florida Supreme Court and stopped their recount via an unsigned " per curiam " opinion in Bush v. Gore, with three Justices ( Rehnquist joined by Scalia and Thomas ) concurring in a separate opinion.

Associate Justice Miller wrote for the Court with Associate Justices Field, Harlan, Woods, Matthews, and Blatchford concurring ; Associate Justices Bradley and Gray, along with Chief Justice Waite, dissented.

Laws that " shock the conscience " of the Court were generally deemed unconstitutional in Rochin v. California, though concurring Justices Black and Douglas argued that pumping a defendant's stomach for evidence should have been deemed unconstitutional on the narrower ground that it violates the Fifth Amendment's ban on self-incrimination.

In the plurality opinion, which was co-signed by Justices Gerry L. Alexander and Charles W. Johnson, Justice Barbara Madsen wrote that “ Under this standard, DOMA is constitutional because the legislature was entitled to believe that limiting marriage to opposite-sex couples furthers procreation, essential to the survival of the human race, and furthers the well-being of children by encouraging families where children are reared in homes headed by the children ’ s biological parents .” Justice Gerry L. Alexander issued a separate concurring opinion, further emphasizing the possibility that the legislature or people could expand the definition of marriage in the state.

In the 1991 Lavigne decision, the Justices of the Court held in various concurring reasons that if the Rand formula did violate section 2 ( d ), it could be justified under section 1 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms.

Justice White filed an opinion concurring in part and concurring in the judgment, in which Justices Rehnquist and Kennedy joined.

" Justices William J. Brennan and Harry Blackmun delivered concurring opinions, while Thurgood Marshall and John Paul Stevens dissented.

Justices Stewart, Brennan, and White, contributed a joint concurring opinion.

Justices Bogdanski, Longo, and Barber concurred in the decision, and Justice Bogdanski filed a concurring opinion.

Justice David M. Borden authored the dissent, with Justices Robert Callahan and Richard Palmer concurring.

Justice Breyer wrote a one-page concurring opinion, joined by Justices Kennedy, Souter, and Ginsburg.

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" Words uttered under coercion are proof of loyalty to nothing but self-interest ," wrote Black and Douglas in a concurring opinion.

Later, Justice Douglas, concurring in Eisenstadt, Sheriff v. Baird cited the pamphlet to support striking down restrictions on lecturing about birth control.

The unanimous opinion was written by William O. Douglas, with Frank Murphy and Owen Roberts concurring.

Justice Douglas, concurring, argued that since Baird was engaged in speech while distributing vaginal foam, his arrest was prohibited by the First Amendment.

Mr. Justice Douglas wrote in dissent, with Mr. Justice Marshall concurring:

Justice Arthur Goldberg ( joined by Chief Justice Earl Warren and Justice William Brennan ) expressed this view in a concurring opinion in the case of Griswold v. Connecticut ( 1965 ):

Justice Byron White wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment, which Justice Harry Blackmun and Justice Sandra Day O ' Connor joined in full, and Justice John Paul Stevens joined in part.

Justice Stevens wrote an opinion concurring in the judgment, which was joined in part by Justice White and Justice Blackmun. Antonin Scalia | Justice Scalia, who wrote the majority opinion in R. A. V.

Justice Thomas, joined by Justice Scalia, issued a strongly worded opinion, concurring in part and dissenting in part, arguing that if Michigan could not remain a prestigious institution and admit students under a race-neutral system, the " Law School should be forced to choose between its classroom aesthetic and its exclusionary admissions system.

In a concurring opinion, Powell voiced doubts about the compatibility of Georgia's law with the Eighth Amendment as it related to the prison sentence for conviction, but joined the majority opinion upholding the law against a substantive due process attack.

In Jeremiah Nixon v. Shrink Misouri et al., 528 U. S. 377 ( 2000 ), at 401, Justice Breyer ( joined by Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg ) wrote a concurring opinion in support of such regulation.

Justice John Paul Stevens wrote the majority opinion and was joined by Sandra Day O ' Connor, David Souter, Ruth Bader Ginsburg, and Stephen Breyer, with Anthony Kennedy concurring.

In a separate, concurring opinion, Justice Powell ( joined by Justice O ' Connor ) stated that while he agreed with the Court's opinion, he felt that students in primary and secondary educational settings should not be afforded the same level of protection for search and seizures as adults and juveniles in non-school settings.

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.

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 ( which are joined only by a minority ).

Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg wrote a concurring opinion, in which Justice Anthony Kennedy joined, expressing some concern about whether patentees would have sufficient notice that they must explain the reasons for their amendments.

Although she joined the majority opinion, in her concurring opinion, O ' Connor wrote that " the execution of a legally and factually innocent person would be a constitutionally intolerable event.

Justice Ginsburg also wrote a concurring opinion, joined by Chief Justice Rehnquist, further elucidating the distinction between civil and criminal fines.

Justice Breyer, in a concurring opinion joined by Justice Souter, elaborates on the problematic analogy between the OHA and a trust for the benefit of an Indian tribe.