§20-30.5. Opinions - Publications.
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The Court of Civil Appeals shall effect disposition of cases assigned to it by a written opinion prepared in such form as the Supreme Court prescribes. No opinion of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be binding or cited as precedent unless it shall have been approved by the majority of the justices of the Supreme Court for publication in the official reporter. The Supreme Court shall direct which opinion or decision, if any, of the Court of Civil Appeals shall be published in the unofficial reporter. Opinions of
the Court of Civil Appeals which apply settled precedent and do not settle new questions of law shall not be released for publication in the official reporter. Added by Laws 1970, c. 247, § 5, emerg. eff. April 15, 1970. Amended by Laws 1971, c. 85, § 1, emerg. eff. April 16, 1971; Laws 1996, c. 97, § 6, eff. Nov. 1, 1996.