The appellate process at the Supreme Court: Step 5

Question 1

What are the different parts of an opinion of the court?

Answer 1

• facts of the case ( what happened?)
• The decision itself (which side won)
• legal reasoning
  -Concurring and dissenting opinions

Question 2

What part of the opinion of the court is most important?

Answer 2

legal reasoning (legal framework)-(it elaborates how they make the decision)

Question 3

What are dissenting and concurring opinions?
(Why are they written?)-ask teacher

Answer 3

Concurrent: Agree with the decision (can be for a different reason)
Dissenting: why the winning side is wrong.

-why they think the way they do. decided.

maybe written for future precedent.