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Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in cases that come before them in court. In most cases, judges rely on case law and the facts of the case. When deciding a case in which case law does not lead to a clear outcome, a judge should only consider the effects on the two parties before him or her in court since those parties are most directly affected by the judge’s decision.

Which of the following, if true, casts the most doubt on the conclusion of the argument?

A) A judge’s decision in a novel case will act as law for all similar cases in the future.
B) Any decision made by a judge is subject to reversal upon appeal.
C) The way that a judge will decide a case cannot always be determined by looking at the facts of the case.
D) The parties involved in a case are typically only concerned with winning the case.
E) It is unusual for a judge to ignore case law, even if it does not give a clear outcome.
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Re: Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in ca [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2021, 03:34
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I chose option (E). can you pls explain why is that wrong
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Re: Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in ca [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2021, 06:02
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Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in ca [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2021, 07:32
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I also chose (E) because if it is true that "it is unusual for a judge to ignore case law, even if it does not give a clear outcome", the author's assertion that "when deciding a case in which case law does not lead to a clear outcome, a judge should only consider the effects on the two parties before him or her in court " cannot stand. The two statements are virtually mutually exclusive.
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Re: Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in ca [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2021, 07:59
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I chose option A because in this case the conclusion of this passage states that "When deciding a case in which case law does not lead to a clear outcome, a judge should only consider the effects on the two parties before him or her in court since those parties are most directly affected by the judge’s decision.". Whatever would weaken reasoning of the conclusion would be the answer, so any reason that says that the two parties are not the only ones who are affected by the judges decision is the answer.

Option A states that whatever the judge rules in novel cases like this will act as a law for similar cases in the future hence other judges would refer to judgement of this case to give their verdicts hence the verdict that the judge gives would ultimately affect more people.
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Re: Judges are required to decide in favor of one party or the other in ca [#permalink] New post   10 Apr 2021, 08:12
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I also chose (E) because if it is true that "it is unusual for a judge to ignore case law, even if it does not give a clear outcome", the author's assertion that "when deciding a case in which case law does not lead to a clear outcome, a judge should only consider the effects on the two parties before him or her in court " cannot stand. The two statements are virtually mutually exclusive.


I would like to start by thanking you for all the explanations you post on GMAT club , they have helped me a lot in my preparation.

Here is my take on why option E could be wrong. I think the word "unusual" plays a huge role in this option because it gives the impression that you don't see this happening very often but maybe in very rare cases its been done.
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