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Abbott had to nix improper teacher bonuses...session was winding down, lawmakers approved the bonuses. Incredibly, they also directed the attorney general to issue a legal opinion affirming that the bonuses could be made outside of the employees' retirement systems. That's a heck... In this article: Attorney General, Texas, Legal opinion, Appropriation, Turkey, HIV, Albert Pujols, Dancing with the Stars, and Barack Obama |
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St. Petersburg Times | 14 hours ago
Largo, Dunedin embrace social networking
...law also restricts elected officials and government board members from talking about public business out of the public eye. Legal opinions indicate that social networking could become a forum for them to communicate about issues that should...
In this article: Facebook, Coral Springs, Twitter, Bill McCollum, and Legal opinions
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Sentinel-Tribune | 2 days ago
Bradner proceeds with sewer rehab
...which they already took out is affected by whether the right-of-way is 60 or 66 feet. Solicitor Chet Marcin offered his legal opinion that "the law says after 21 years even if it's totally on your property the public acquires the...
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Independent.co.uk - UK | 2 days ago
Customers in line for bank charge windfall worth billions
...massed, buoyed by The Independent's campaign against excessive charges, the banks changed their minds and sought a definitive legal opinion. After defeats in the High Court and the Court of Appeal, the banks appealed to the House of Lords...
In this article: Customer, Supreme Court, House of Lords, Europe, Adjudication, Best interests, Office of Fair Trading, Balance sheet, and Recession
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The Press and Journal | 4 days ago
CalMac releases legal documents which prompted Sunday sailings
...which opposes the Sunday service as being counter to culture and tradition on Lewis and Harris, claimed the ferry company's legal opinion only confirmed its view that CalMac asked its QC a leading question to which they knew the answer.
In this article: Leading question, Equality Act 2006, Lewis and Harris, Caledonian MacBrayne, and Lewis
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BBC News | 5 days ago
CalMac publishes ferry law advice
...not use religious objections from islanders to excuse a service for the Outer Hebrides that wasn't as good as other services. The legal opinion said that would have been a breach of the Equality Act. But the Comhairle Nan Eilean Siar,...
In this article: Legal advice, God, Stornoway, and Outer Hebrides
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San Diego Union-Tribune | 5 days ago
Ruling: Commission can cut Calif. officials' pay
...salaries of California elected officials during the middle of their terms in office. His decision, issued Thursday, reverses a legal opinion his office issued last June in response to an inquiry from the California Citizens Compensation...
In this article: California and Jerry Brown
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CNET News.com | 7 days ago
Legal opinions now available in Google Scholar
Aimchair lawyers using Google have a new resource for finding legal opinions. It may not satisfy the needs of Google's lawyers as they research antitrust law, but Google Scholar now offers the full text of numerous legal opinions from...
In this article: Google Scholar, Google, Legal opinions, U.S., LexisNexis, AltLaw, and CNET
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Read/WriteWeb | 7 days ago
Google Scholar Gets Smarter: Now Features Legal Opinions
...can easily restrict searches to opinions from federal courts or courts in certain states. In addition to finding the case and legal opinion, Google Scholar also displays related documents in a sidebar, as well as a list of cases where a...
In this article: Google, Google Scholar, World Bank, U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, and U.S. Census Bureau
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MPs want to stop hacker's extradition
...considering whether he can stop the extradition on human rights grounds because of Mr McKinnon's mental state. Mr Vaz said legal opinion written by senior barristers suggested the home secretary had more discretion to act than Mr...
In this article: Alan Johnson, Autism, Supreme Court, Pentagon, and US
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Telegraph.co.uk - UK news | November 12, 2009
Gary McKinnon should not be extradited to the US say MPs on Home Affairs committee
...extradition on the grounds that it would breach human rights law because of Mr McKinnon's fragile mental state. Mr Vaz said a legal opinion written by senior barristers at Matrix Chambers and seen by the committee suggested Mr Johnson had...
In this article: Alan Johnson, US, UK, Autism, and Asperger's Syndrome
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In law, an opinion (also consilia) is usually a written explanation by a judge or group of judges that accompanies an order or ruling in a case, laying out the rationale and legal principles for the ruling.
Opinions are usually published at the direction of the court, and to the extent they contain pronouncements about what the law is and how it should be interpreted, they reinforce, change, establish, or overturn legal precedent. If a court decides that an opinion should be published, the opinion is included in a volume from a series of books called law reports (or reporters in the United States). Published opinions of courts are also collectively referred to as case law, which is one of the major sources of law in common law legal systems.
In the United Kingdom and other common law countries, a legal opinion also refers to written legal advice on a point of law issued by either a barrister (often referred to as "counsel's opinion") or occasionally a senior government law officer, such as an attorney general.
The latter form of opinion is sometimes made available to the public either because of public pressure (see for example Lord Goldsmith's opinion on the Iraq War, Yoo memo), or because a general clarification of the law is called for (see for example, the Yorke-Talbot slavery opinion). In the United States, several state attorneys general issue attorney general's opinions.
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