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I.O.P. 5.1: Forms of Opinions

Local Appellate Rules and Internal Operating Procedures of the Third Circuit — I.O.P. Chapter 5. Opinions

There are two forms of opinions: precedential and not precedential. A majority of the panel determines whether an opinion is designated as precedential or not precedential, unless a majority of the active judges of the court decides otherwise. The face of an opinion states whether it is precedential or not precedential.