2001Minnesota law reviewOpen access

The Supreme Court Opinion as Institutional Practice: Dissent, Legal Scholarship, and Decisionmaking in the Taft Court

Robert C. Post

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Senate Chamber, whose intimate, elegant surroundings echoed with the debates of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun. 2 Its administrative staff and offices were scattered haphazardly and inefficiently throughout the Capitol.3 It was Taft who, with great skill and patience, t I am very grateful for the advice and insight of friends and colleagues.

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Senate Chamber, whose intimate, elegant surroundings echoed with the debates of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun. 2 Its administrative staff and offices were scattered haphazardly and inefficiently throughout the Capitol.3 It was Taft who, with great skill and patience, t I am very grateful for the advice and insight of friends and colleagues.

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Senate Chamber, whose intimate, elegant surroundings echoed with the debates of Webster, Clay, and Calhoun. 2 Its administrative staff and offices were scattered haphazardly and inefficiently throughout the Capitol.3 It was Taft who, with great skill and patience, t I am very grateful for the advice and insight of friends and colleagues.

Key concepts: Law, Majority opinion, Supreme court, Acquiescence, Law of the case, Precedent, Dissenting opinion, Court of record

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