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concurring opinion
noun
- (in appellate courts) an opinion filed by a judge that agrees with the majority or plurality opinion on the case but that bases this conclusion on different reasons or on a different view of the case.
Example Sentences
Ho articulated this view in a concurring opinion in an appellate ruling in July that supported efforts by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott to have state officials block immigrants at the Texas border.
Chief Justice Paul Newby, a Republican, defended Griffin's election protests in a concurring opinion.
One of the justices on the panel, Judge Patrick Higginbotham, wrote a concurring opinion expressing frustration with the test, and asked the Supreme Court to intervene.
He used his concurring opinion to the immunity ruling to âhighlight another way in which this prosecution may violate our constitutional structure.â
In his concurring opinion, he's like, "You guys, we can just use the 14th Amendment. Itâs right there."
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