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law reportIn common law, a published record of a judicial decision that is cited by lawyers and judges as legal precedent in arguing and deciding cases. The report contains the title of the case, a statement of the facts, a brief case history, the opinion of the court, and the judgment rendered. It often contains a headnote, or analytical summary stating the points decided. The findings of trial courts are not ordinarily reported, but those of appellate courts are. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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While in the law library one day, Levenson reached for a case reporter that fell open to a 1924 Oklahoma Supreme Court decision involving a man who refused to wear a jacket in a railway station's dining room. The practice continues into the present: courts issue decisions which are placed into case reporters in decision order, leaving the layman utterly baffled as to how to find anything. of the Southern District of New York rejected West's argument that the changes and additions its editors make to court rulings entitle the company to claim copyright protection for the decisions it publishes in its widely used case reporters. |
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