concurring opinion

Justice Sonya Sotomayor was alone in her concurring opinion.

That could be because, in her concurring opinion, she seemed less inclined than previously to overrule Roe v. Wade.

Justice John Paul Stevens filed a one-paragraph concurring opinion that offered an explanation for the court's action.

The decision was highly controversial, and obiter dictum within Justice William O. Douglas' concurring opinion received particular attention.

Courts should examine "a number of factors rather than a simple mathematically precise formula," Justice Stevens said, quoting from her concurring opinion.

Karen Nelson Moore, another judge on the court, chastised Judge Boggs in her concurring opinion.

Whitney was later pardoned by the Governor of California based on Justice Brandeis' concurring opinion.

Justice O'Connor made much the same point in her concurring opinion.

Justice O'Connor, in her concurring opinion, offered a "clarification" of how the Establishment Clause should be read:

In her concurring opinion, Justice Ginsburg said that "the Texas courts are now positioned immediately to adjudicate these clearly presented issues in the first instance."