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Show " SKELETON Kf 1 B Im Htm Km Vf I ! Invented by the Chief 1 Justice of the Supreme Su-preme Court -Washington. Dec. 9. Skeleton opinions opin-ions have been invented by Chief Justice Jus-tice White to relieve the supreme court of much labor. He has namod them officially "memorandum" opinions opin-ions Tho new sort of opinion was designed de-signed to meet thp heav.v demands: upon the time land energies of the justices due to the Increased number of cases takon under advisoment since Chief Justice White camo to the head of the court It will relieve the justices jus-tices from making an exhaustive statement in regard to all facts ami law concerned in each case and yet will give to litigants more reasons for the court's decision than would he contained in the time honored "per curiam" opinions. Skeleton or '"memorandum" opinions opin-ions were sundered for the first time Monday Their nature was revealed today when the written opinions were filed with the clerk of the court Theso show that the justices take various views of what a skeleton opinion ma be. Justice Lamar announced a "memorandum" opinion In which everything ev-erything said was based on cited au-thoritj au-thoritj Justice Lurton, on the other hand, prepared one in which not a single authority was cited. |