The majority in the Supreme Court supported a pragmatic, purposive approach to the interpretation of the CDE Definition, but
the divided opinion of the Judges not only in the Supreme Court, but also at first instance and in the Court of Appeal, highlights how difficult questions of contractual interpretation can be.
Not exact matches
When asked to
judge if the standard
of education had got better or worse over the last 10 years
opinions were
divided.
If one
judged public
opinion by conventional public discourse, one would soon conclude that parents in the United States are neatly
divided between devotees
of district - operated schools and choiceniks determined to avoid them.
A sharply
divided panel
of the Seventh Circuit, led by
Judge Posner, addressed the issue
of such research in deciding an appeal by a pro se prisoner alleging his civil rights had been violated by inadequate medical treatment.21
Judge Posner's majority
opinion reversing the judgment below cited facts from various extrarecord medical websites, including Wikipedia.
If the
Judges constituting the Court for the purposes
of any proceedings are
divided in
opinion as to the judgment to be pronounced, judgment shall be pronounced according to the
opinion of the majority, if there is a majority, but, if the
Judges are equally
divided in
opinion: