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John Chipman Gray

American legal scholar
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  • obiter dictum

    American legal scholar John Chipman Gray stated, ā€œIn order that an opinion may have the weight of a precedent…it must be an opinion the formation of which is necessary for the decision of a particular case; in other words, it must not be obiter dictum.ā€ Dicta frequently take…

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    American legal scholar John Chipman Gray stated, ā€œIn order that an opinion may have the weight of a precedent…it must be an opinion the formation of which is necessary for the decision of a particular case; in other words, it must not be obiter dictum.ā€ Dicta frequently take…

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