Principle

CIVIL PROCEDURE — Finality of Judgment — Supreme Court — Effect of Failure to Consider Issue Where Concurring Opinion Addressed It

Area of law
CIVIL PROCEDURE
Court
Supreme Court

A concurring opinion that resolves an issue cures any omission in the leading judgment. The judgment remains efficacious. Failure to consider an issue is not a denial of fair hearing if another justice addressed it. The inherent jurisdiction to set aside judgments cannot be used…

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