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Gun Control & RKBA

friendly_iconoclast

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3. "Per curiam" means unanimous, so yeah.

Reply to DonP (Reply #1)

Wed Mar 23, 2016, 12:00 AM

Mar 2016

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Per_curiam_decision

In law, a per curiam decision (or opinion) is a ruling issued by an appellate court of multiple judges in which the decision rendered is made by the court (or at least, a majority of the court) acting collectively and unanimously.[1] In contrast to regular opinions, a per curiam does not list the individual judge responsible for authoring the decision,[1] but minority dissenting and concurring decisions are signed.

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Supreme Court zaps Massachusetts stun-gun opinion [View all] TeddyR Mar 2016 OP

If I heard correctly, a unanimous decision to reverse too. DonP Mar 2016 #1

"Per curiam" means unanimous, so yeah. friendly_iconoclast Mar 2016 #3

This is quite notable. Gun-controllers should especially take notice. Eleanors38 Mar 2016 #2

To be clear TeddyR Mar 2016 #4