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Justices Alito and Sotomayor on How Courts Read Dicta

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19.10.2024

Supreme Court

Jonathan H. Adler | 10.19.2024 7:53 AM

Catching up on Supreme Court oral arguments, I was struck by the following exchange in Royal Canin U.S.A. v. Wullschleger (a case about the effects of post-removal amendments to a complaint) in which Justice Sotomayor suggested that some lower court judges are taking their cues from dicta in Supreme Court opinions.

From the transcript:

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