US Supreme Court decisions are called opinions.
Dred Scot decision in 1855 by the Supreme Court.
There are many court cases that involve the name "Brown". In order to determine why and how the court ruled, we will need to know which specific case.
The Supreme Court of the United States maintains its own website that includes the decision and written opinion of cases for the past few years. The decision is usually uploaded to the site the same day the decision is issued, and is the best source for up-to-date information. Other sites, such as Oyez.org and Justia have online databases of Supreme Court decisions from the present Term all the way back to the Court's first recorded case. Justia has excellent tools that allow a user to search by case name, year or US Reports Volume number. For more information, see Related Links, below.
A Supreme Court justice is a judge, but justice is the preferred term.
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The correct name is the Supreme Court of the United States, but most people refer to it as the US Supreme Court. Each state has its own Supreme Court, but the US Supreme Court is the end of the line.
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The most common name for the Supreme Court is the US Supreme Court; the proper name is Supreme Court of the United States. Some people also refer to it as the "high court" or "the court of last resort," because it is the highest appellate court in the United States (for cases that fall under its jurisdiction). Some have also referred to the US Supreme Court as "the last court still sitting," because it has been in continuous operation since 1790 (excluding 1802), and the justices still follow many of the old traditions.
By entering the "style" of the cited case, to include the name of the case, the court or circuit in which it was decided, and the date of the decision.
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US Supreme Court opinions (decisions) set binding precedents because all lower courts are required to follow the same reasoning when deciding similar cases under the doctrine of stare decisis (Latin: Let the decision stand).