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The Headnote


Daniel A. Farber


University of California, Berkeley - School of Law

Gil Grantmore


University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law

Green Bag, Vol. 5, No. 2d, 2002
UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 933013

Abstract:     
Every Supreme Court opinion is prefaced by a curiously self-contradictory citation. The Syllabus is accompanied by a footnote warning of the Syllabus's unofficial status. By the same token, of course, the footnote itself is unofficial and has no legal standing. This essay reexamines the status of the Syllabus, and argues that it should have precedential authority.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 6

Keywords: headnote, abstract, Supreme Court, reporter, decisions, Detroit Lumber, Detroit Timber, United States Reports, clerks, Balkin, footnote

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Date posted: September 27, 2006  

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Farber, Daniel A. and Grantmore, Gil, The Headnote. Green Bag, Vol. 5, No. 2d, 2002; UC Berkeley Public Law Research Paper No. 933013. Available at SSRN: http://ssrn.com/abstract=933013

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Daniel A. Farber (Contact Author)
University of California, Berkeley - School of Law ( email )
Boalt Hall
Room 894
Berkeley, CA 94720-7200
United States
510-642-0340 (Phone)
510-642-3728 (Fax)
Gil Grantmore
University of Louisville - Louis D. Brandeis School of Law ( email )
Wilson W. Wyatt Hall
Louisville, KY 40292
United States
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