POL203Y5 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Thermal Imaging Camera, John Paul Stevens, Plurality Opinion
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Syllabus: appears before the main opinion rather a summary added by the court to help the. Identify the parts reader better understanding of the case. Outlines facts, path the case has taken in sc, which justice gave main opinion. More than one opinion and justices could not come to an agreement. Justices who disagree with the main opinion in both result and legal rationale may issue one or more dissenting opinion(s: understand the formal elements: Court term in which the opinion was announced, case docket number, argument dates, decision date. Another element is case name, which helps determine the parties involved in the case. There might be an explanation of where the case came from before reaching the court (certiorari: read purposefully - focus on. Facts: court cases tend to begin with a person, place, thing or event. Legal disputes: identify parties" disputes and arguments. Disposition: end of the main opinion includes the disposition; court had three options.
