US CITIZENSHIP TEST PREPARATION

Detailed explanation-1: -“Majority opinion” is a judicial opinion that is joined by more than half the judges deciding a case. “Concurring opinion, ” or concurrence, is the separate judicial opinion of an appellate judge who voted with the majority.

Detailed explanation-2: -The majority opinion is an appellate opinion supporting the court’s judgment (the result reached in the case) which receives a majority vote of the justices or judges hearing the case.

Detailed explanation-3: -The term “opinions” as used here, refers to several types of writing by the Justices. The most well known are the opinions of the Court released or announced in cases in which the Court has heard oral argument. Each sets out the Court’s judgment and its reasoning.

Detailed explanation-4: -A dissenting opinion disagrees with the majority opinion because of the reasoning and/or the principles of law the majority used to decide the case. A concurring opinion agrees with the decision of the majority opinion, but offers comment or clarification or a completely different reason for reaching the same result.

Detailed explanation-5: -After the votes have been tallied, the Chief Justice, or the most senior Justice in the majority if the Chief Justice is in the dissent, assigns a Justice in the majority to write the opinion of the Court.