concurring opinion

American  

noun

Law.

1. (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.

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Example Sentences

In a concurring opinion, Justice Brett Kavanaugh said the NCAA’s other restrictions on athlete compensation also “raise serious questions under the antitrust laws”: “Price-fixing labor is price-fixing labor.”

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 29, 2026

In response to Kagan, Justice Amy Coney Barrett filed a concurring opinion that staked out a moderate conservative position.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 19, 2026

By “government’s theory,” McClain is referencing a concurring opinion by the U.S.

From Salon • Feb. 12, 2026

Still, that legislative fact-finding became part of the record in the case—Alito cited it in his majority opinion, and Chief Justice John Roberts repeated it in his concurring opinion.

From Slate • Dec. 6, 2024

See Justice Frankfurter's concurring opinion for a criticism of this rule.

From The Constitution of the United States of America: Analysis and Interpretation Annotations of Cases Decided by the Supreme Court of the United States to June 30, 1952 by Corwin, Edward Samuel