"prior opinion" is a correct phrase and can be used in written English.
Here are some examples of how to use it: 1. Before making a decision, I always like to consider my prior opinions on the matter. 2. The judge was swayed by the defendant's prior opinion and gave a lighter sentence. 3. It's important to listen to others' perspectives, even if they differ from your prior opinion. 4. My prior opinion of the restaurant was not good, but after trying their new dishes, I changed my mind. 5. The survey revealed that the majority of participants had a strong prior opinion on the issue.
This court, in its prior opinion, and all of the parties agree that election controversies and contests must be finally and conclusively determined by Dec. 12, 2000.
This will require the appellate court to decide whether this injunction should apply to third parties, an issue the judges already seemed to be uneasy with in their prior opinion.
So they may have a prior opinion, but on the other hand, some mainland Chinese might appreciate that under one country two systems, Hong Kong does enjoy freedom of expression and demonstration, and that is something they may appreciate in the longer term.
Contrary to prior opinion and practice, the Northridge and Kobe earthquakes of the mid 1990s showed that the ability of steel structures to deliver this behaviour is not a given, but is dependant on careful design and detailing, and on how the material behaves under the accumulation of damage.
In his book of only 100 pages and 105 references and contrary to much prior opinion, Calow emphasized that natural selection could and did act at any stage in the life cycle of multicellular organisms, a conclusion reached by one of the founders of evolutionary embryology 109 years earlier.
The working paper found that bots were most effective when they backed up a target's prior opinion.
"The guiding principle was not to contradict his prior opinions".
The decisions of the justices seemed to contradict their own prior opinions -- and to many these decisions seemed more consistent with the justices' own partisan preferences.
INSIDE PITCH ORLANDO HERNANDEZ had another series of tests on his right elbow in Tampa, Fla., and the diagnosis of Dr. ALAN MILLER matched two prior opinions: Hernandez has mild inflammation in his elbow and no ligament damage.
Bush v. Gore was itself a stark example of unpredictability -- at least if one looked to the precedents of the court and the prior opinions of the individual justices.
With Uber, the news stories about its management team and the responses to these stories reflect your prior opinions on the company.
