Article VIII.

Judicial Department

Section 25. Decisions of Supreme Court to be in Writing

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Decisions of Supreme Court to be in Writing

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Decisions of Supreme Court to be in Writing

When a judgment or decree is reversed, modified or affirmed by the Supreme Court, the reasons therefor shall be stated concisely in writing, signed by the judges concurring, filed in the office of the Clerk of the Supreme Court, and preserved with a record of the case. Any judge dissenting therefrom, may give the reasons of his dissent in writing over his signature.

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