Headnotes

It's probably true that the ability to limit by West headnotes is one of the more obscure of Shepard's many obscure features, but it was a valuable tool for those who used it. ❋ Unknown (2005)

And they got all this because a court reporter gave it to them in his "headnotes," after the fact, in a Court decision having nothing to do with corporate personhood. ❋ Unknown (2006)

It was left to the Court's reporter J.C. Bancroft Davis who, in effect as it turned out, decided it in his accompanying "headnotes" which the Court did nothing to refute, likely by intent. ❋ Unknown (2006)

To me, the stories in the recipe headnotes, the short descriptions above the recipes, are as vivid as the foods. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I can recall for example multiple occasions where opposing counsel has used the Nexis or Westlaw headnotes as a citation, even though they incorrectly stated the case. ❋ Unknown (2010)

In case the judge or his law clerk reads the headnotes, you might want them correct. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The strange devices above the headnotes for each section are 10th Century drawings of the constellations from al-Sufi's (903-986) The Book of Fixed Stars. ❋ Coleman Barks (2010)

Mr. Weisman, in one of his helpful headnotes, says that Moynihan sent a "continuing series of complaints" to the New York Times whenever the term was applied to him. ❋ By Charles Horner (2010)

Furthermore, headnotes do not carry the weight of the law and are not part of the decision. ❋ Unknown (2010)

The truth is that the clerk of the court, J.C. Bancroft Davis, a former railroad board president, wrote "Corporations are persons" in the headnotes of the case. ❋ Unknown (2010)

His headnotes are as bon-vivant engaging as his Tweets and blog. ❋ Unknown (2010)