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| {{Short description|Brief summary of a point of law in a court decision}} | |||
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| ⚫ | A '''headnote''' is a brief summary of a particular point of law that is added to the text of a court decision to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the published opinion. | ||
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| Frequently, headnotes are "value-added" components appended to decisions by the publisher who compiles the decisions of a court for resale. As handed down by the court, a decision or written opinion does not contain headnotes. These are added later by an editor not connected to the court, but who instead works for a legal publishing house. | |||
| ⚫ | A '''headnote''' is a brief summary of a particular ] that is added to the text of a ] to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the ]. | ||
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| In 1906, the ] ruled in '']'' that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set ].<ref>'']'', {{Ussc|source=j|200|321|1906}}</ref> | |||
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A headnote is a brief summary of a particular point of law that is added to the text of a court decision to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the published opinion.
In 1906, the Supreme Court of the United States ruled in United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co. that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set precedent.
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