Companion Case

AuthorKenneth L. Karst
Pages474

Page 474

Cases decided by the Supreme Court on the same day are called companion cases when they involve the same issues or issues that are closely related. Sometimes a single OPINION is used to explain two or more companion cases, and sometimes separate opinions are written. Occasionally a Justice writing for the Court will select the strongest of a group of companion cases for explanation in a full opinion, leaving the weaker cases to be discussed only briefly, with...

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