Talk:Per curiam decision

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This page has been plagiarized from the website of Cornell Law School:

http://www.law.cornell.edu/wex/index.php/Per_curiam

141.161.127.75 02:25, 8 October 2007 (UTC)


 * I rewrote it a bit. Is it acceptable now? --Atlantima (talk) 02:26, 21 July 2008 (UTC)
 * Not quite, but I further changed it to avoid the issue, and cited the website as a source. Aboutmovies (talk) 07:54, 10 September 2008 (UTC)

Worldwide view
Exactly why was the "worldwide viewpoint" header stuck at the top? Is the handling of per curiam opinions in other countries really so different as to necessitate a country-by-country listing? It seems to me that just because there is a US section doesn't necessarily mean there needs to be an every-other-country section if there's no substantial differences between countries. Agnosticaphid (talk) 23:33, 15 August 2008 (UTC)
 * As no reason has been given for the template tag after more than two years, I am removing the tag. Robert K S (talk) 04:03, 19 August 2010 (UTC)

Opinion/commentary on the article
In actual practice, Opinions / Rulings to which this label is applied are NOT made by "the full Court". Because the are anonymous, they provide the Justices of the Court allow a Law Clerks to act as if the Clerk was a panel of appellate court Justices, without it being known outside the Court. The Justices of the Appellate Court do not want to be bothered with cases where a trusted Law Clerk knows how any panel of Justices of that appellate court would rule. They are also used to render dishonorable (unlawful) Opinions / Rulings. The Justices can then hide behind the anonymity of the Court so that none are singled out for accountability. This is often done in cases where a citizen that cannot afford to hire counsel but has brought a legitimate, valid, claim against an Official of a Government Entity. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.138.168.198 (talk • contribs) 2009-01-24T08:56:59

Needs more context
As a non-lawyer reading this page, I'd like to see more information on why a per curiam opinion is issued and what the impact of labeling an opinion per curiam is. I came to this page after seeing the term in a US Supreme Court opinion. And while the page does tell me the definition of the term, I'm not given any deeper information. Doctor Zook (talk) 16:00, 18 February 2011 (UTC)


 * Well, I am a lawyer....and I too would like to see more information on why per curiam opinions are issued and what the impact of labeling an opinion "per curiam" is! Captain Quirk (talk) 22:26, 9 November 2017 (UTC)

Nice US Supreme Court example
A nice example of the brevity of Per curiam decisions today:. One line. Because of the 4-4 vote, why write more when the opinion has no force of precedent. -- Michael Scott Cuthbert (talk) 18:13, 22 March 2016 (UTC)