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| court reports, as well as offical, published reports of cases decided by administrative agencies. |
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| a heading; in legal practice, it generally refers to the heading of a court paper |
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| a party who appeals from a lower court to a higher court |
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| a party against whom a case is appealed from a lower court to a higher court |
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| a person seeking relief by a petition |
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| the party against whom an appeal is taken to a higher court, i.e., the successful party in the lower court; the appellee |
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| the number given to a case when it is on a list of cases for trial or other disposition |
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| the headnote of a reported case |
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| a summary statement that appears at the beginning of a reported case to indicate the points decided by the case. |
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| a written statement by a court that accompanies its decision in a case and gives the court's reasons for its decision. Although "decision" and "opinion" are often used interchangeably, the terms are not synonymous: a decision is a judgment in the case; an opinion give the reasoning on which judgment is based. |
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| the proposition of law for which a case stands; the "bottom line" of a judicial decision. |
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| the legal basis upon which the court relies to reach its result in a case |
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| Expressions or comments in a court opinion that are not necessary to support the decision made by the court; they are not binding authority and have no value as precedent. |
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| an opinion issued by an appellate court that represents the view of the majority of the members of the court |
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| an opinion issued by one or more judges that agrees with the result by the majority opinion rendered by the court, but reaches that result for different reasons. |
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| a written opinion filed by a judge of an appellate court who disagrees with the decision of the majority of judges in a case, giving the reasons for his or her differing views |
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| concurring in part and dissenting in part |
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| an opinion of the court in which the judges agree with a part of the decision and disagree with another part of the decision. |
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| an opinion, usually of an appellate court, in which the judges are all of one view and the legal question is sufficiently clear that a full written opinion is not required and a one-or-two paragraph opinion suffices |
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| an appellate court opinion joined in by less than a majority of the judges, but by more justices than the number joining any other concurring opinion. |
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| a court decision, usually consisting of a brief paragraph announcing the court's judgment, without an in-depth opinion. |
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| a court's ruling, decision,or judgment in a case. |
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| the upholding of a lower court's decision or judgment by an appellate court. |
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| the overthrow or annulment of a prior decision. |
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| a judgment, decree, or other order of a court that is annulled, set aside,made void, or canceled. |
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| a case that is returned by an appellate court to the trial court for further proceedings, for a new trial, or for entry of judgement in accordance with an order of the appellate court. |
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| the publication containing reports of cases that has been designated by or on behalf of a court as the one that is to be accepted as a matter of law as containing the final valid versions of the opinions issued by that court |
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| a publication containing reports of cases that has not been endorsed by the court as containing the official versions of the case heard by the court. |
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| a single judicial decision published shortly after it has been issued by the court and well before it is incorporated into a reporter |
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| a printed copy of a judicial opinion published in looseleaf form shortly after the opinion is issued |
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| a citation to a court opinion or decision that is printed in two or more reporters. |
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| early report of United States Supreme Court cases that were compiled by individuals and identified by the individuals' names. |
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| materials at the beginning of a book that can provide valuable research guidance, e.g., tables of contents, cases, statutes, rules, and cross-references |
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| a pagination system used in unofficial reporters to reference the official reporter pages that correspond to the pages in the unofficial reporters. |
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| an outline of the published opinion in a case, made by an attorney or a paralegal for the purpose of understanding the case |
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| a material point or question arising out of the pleadings in a case, which is disputed by the parties and which they wish the court to decide |
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