Headnote

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

This is an old revision of this page, as edited by CLCStudent (talk | contribs) at 00:10, 18 December 2020 (Reverted 1 edit by 119.14.106.102 (talk) to last revision by CanonLawJunkie). The present address (URL) is a permanent link to this revision, which may differ significantly from the current revision.

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.[1]

See also

References