defendant
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the person being sued
Dissenting opinion
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- written by a justice or justices who vote in favor of the losing side and
disagree with the holding of a case
- these opinions appear after the majority opinion
Extra appeal info
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Some courts label an appeal as a petition and require the losing party to
petition the higher court for relief. Therefore, the party filing a petition for
review is the petitioner, and the party that won is the respondent
sources of law
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-some interpret the Constitution
-some interpret statutes, aka written laws by legislative bodies such as
Congress
-others interpret the common law, the body of prior case decisions that
derive from pre 1776 english law the colonists brought from England
Citation
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found below the case name, the citation tells you the name of the court
that decided the case, the law book in which the opinion was published,
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the person being sued
Dissenting opinion
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- written by a justice or justices who vote in favor of the losing side and
disagree with the holding of a case
- these opinions appear after the majority opinion
Extra appeal info
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Some courts label an appeal as a petition and require the losing party to
petition the higher court for relief. Therefore, the party filing a petition for
review is the petitioner, and the party that won is the respondent
sources of law
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-some interpret the Constitution
-some interpret statutes, aka written laws by legislative bodies such as
Congress
-others interpret the common law, the body of prior case decisions that
derive from pre 1776 english law the colonists brought from England
Citation
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found below the case name, the citation tells you the name of the court
that decided the case, the law book in which the opinion was published,
