MacLeod v. Tribune Publishing Co.

I dissent. It is my view that Canon 19 of Judicial Ethics of the American Bar Association relative to dissenting opinions is in the public interest and should be carefully adhered to by reviewing courts. Insofar as material here, it reads: ‘‘ Except in case of conscientious difference of opinion on fundamental principle, dissenting opinions should be discouraged in courts of last resort.” (Vol. 62, Reports of American Bar Association (1937), p. 1129, canon 19.) (Italics added.)1

In the present ease I conscientiously differ from the conclusions and reasoning of the majority opinion. It is my…