Rule 20. Copy of Opinion; REQUIREMENT OF THREE-JUSTICE MAJORITY; Non-precedential Status of Orders; Citation Format

Category: Rules of The Supreme Court Section: PROCEDURAL RULES 1 TO 34

    (1) In each case, the clerk of the supreme court shall distribute without charge to counsel of record for each party one copy of the opinion filed by the court and of the order made. The opinion or final order, when mandated in accordance with Rule 24, shall constitute the judgment of the court.

    (2) Without limiting the authority of a single justice under Rule 21(7), a majority consisting of at least three justices, either full-time or temporarily assigned pursuant to RSA 490:3, must concur in any judgment of the court.

    (3)  Non-precedential Status of Orders.  An order disposing of any case that has been briefed but in which no opinion is issued, whether or not oral argument has been held, shall have no precedential value, but it may, nevertheless, be cited or

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