An Opinion Written by a Judge on a Court of Appeals

question 348

Multiple Choice

An opinion written by a judge on a court of appeals who agrees with the decision of the majority, but for a different reason, is called a:

• A) majority opinion
• B) dissenting opinion
• C) confident opinion
• D) modifying opinion
• E) none of the other choices; no such written opinion is allowed, except at the Supreme Court

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Definitions:

Monopoly Power

The ability of a single seller in a market to control prices and exclude competition.

Sherman Act

A landmark federal statute in the antitrust law of the United States, passed in 1890, which prohibits certain business activities that federal government regulators deem to be anti-competitive.

Alcoa Case

A 1945 case in which the courts ruled that the possession of monopoly power, no matter how reasonably that power had been used, was a violation of the antitrust laws; temporarily overturned the rule of reason applied in the U.S. Steel case.