Headnote
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Aheadnoteis a brief summary of a particularpoint of lawthat is added to the text of acourt decisionto aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of thepublished opinion.
In 1906, theSupreme Court of the United Statesruled inUnited States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not setprecedent.[1]
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