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Petition of the day

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The petition of the day is:

16-999

Issue: Whether lower courts are bound by the rationale of Justice Sotomayor’s lone concurrence in Freeman v. United States – with which all other justices in Freeman expressly disagreed – on the theory that it is the “narrowest grounds” of a plurality opinion under Marks v. United States.

Cases: Negr”n v. United States

Recommended Citation: Kate Howard, Petition of the day, SCOTUSblog (Apr. 22, 2017, 12:00 AM), https://www.scotusblog.com/2017/04/petition-of-the-day-1140/