benchslap

Noun

 * 1)  A judicial ruling or opinion that is harsh or humiliating towards a particular party, attorney, or lower court opinion.
 * 2) * 2012, Mark V. Holmes, United States Tax Court, Tigers Eye Trading, LLC v. Commissioner (dissenting), 138 T.C. No. 6, p. 211.
 * Of all the routines in judicial gymnastics, few have a higher degree of difficulty than the reverse benchslap, and we're trying for a combination double with our Opinion today.

Verb

 * 1)  To issue a judicial ruling or opinion that is harsh or humiliating towards a particular party, attorney, or lower court opinion.