marks rule

Marks rule. The doctrine that, when the U.S. Supreme Court issues a fractured, plurality opinion, the opinion of the justices concurring in the judgment on the narrowest grounds — that is, the legal standard with which a majority of the Court would agree — is considered the Court’s holding. Marks v. United States, 430 U.S. 188, 97 S.Ct. 990 (1977). [Cases: Courts 90(2). C.J.S. Courts § 141.]

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译员Terence，毕业于国内顶尖法学院，擅长翻译有关能源和自然资源领域的法律文件。