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, Gorsuch stated the stakes more plainly by posing a rhetorical question: If the president’s argument was given credence, then “what do we make of the Constitution’s text?”

From Salon

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

From Salon

In a concurring opinion, Justice Clarence Thomas noted the “majority” in the workplace differs by workplace.

From Los Angeles Times

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.

From BBC

He used his concurring opinion to the immunity ruling to ‘highlight another way in which this prosecution may violate our constitutional structure.’

From Salon