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Originally Posted by martyh
No not at all ,higher courts have more than one judge so that a majority decision is reached in interpreting law,in these instances the judges are making the judgement .In criminal courts ,murder cases for example ,a single judge sits in authority but does not make any judgements of guilt or innocence ,that's the jury's job but again the same democratic principle applies and the majority vote is applied .
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Makes no difference. If you have a pool of Judges with differing opinions, then the outcome could be decided purely on the makeup of those selected, whether it is 3 or whatever number. It still could be based on a majority of one and which "side" that Judge was on.
From some of the Appeal court rulings that I've seen, one Judge takes the lead and writes the reasons for the ruling and the others just say that they agree or disagree. If there are 3 Judges, then there isn't 3 sets of reasons and rulings.