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OUTLINE OF A JUDICIAL OPINION (CONT.) III. Conclusion A. Summarizes basis of decision B. States disposition 1. Explains what, if anything, happens next; 2. If remand is ordered, specifies where. The Supreme Court of Ohio 130 Writing Manual
SECTION NINETEEN: EXAMPLES OF OPINIONS CONSTRUCTED ACCORDING TO THE OUTLINE ______________________________________________________ 19.1. Overview. The following section consists of three Supreme Court opinions, two civil and one criminal. All three opinions, and the authorities cited in them, are completely invented, and all follow the outline contained in Section Eighteen. They are presented as they would appear in the Ohio Official Reports, with certain additional features. The opinions include notes in both margins. Notes in the right margin point out where elements from the outline appear, and notes in the left margin offer explanations regarding the format of the opinion. 19.2. Components of an Opinion. A. Headnotes The headnotes are the italicized phrases under the caption. They provide key words and phrases describing the general subject matter of the case (e.g., “Taxation”), the subtopics (e.g., “Real property”), the statute, if any, being interpreted, and the holding. Headnotes are for research purposes only. They are written by the Supreme Court Reporter’s Office, not by the court, and do not constitute part of the opinion. They are to be distinguished from the more extensive headnotes written by West, which appear on Westlaw and in the West regional reporters but not in the Ohio Official Reports, and from those written by Lexis, which appear only on Lexis. B. Syllabus The role of the syllabus in Ohio has changed. The old rule that the syllabus, and only the syllabus, contains the law of the case has been discarded. The entire text of the opinion contains the law; text from the body of the case, including footnotes, may be cited as authority. The syllabus shall be prepared by the author of the opinion and must be approved by a majority of the court. All syllabus paragraphs (minus the parentheticals, if any) shall appear verbatim in the body of the opinion itself. Currently, the purpose of the syllabus is to summarize the legal principle set forth in the opinion. A parenthetical explanatory note may be added at the end of a syllabus paragraph that cites an affected case or statute, with a word or phrase that explains how that case or statute is affected by the principle in the syllabus. Example: R.C. 4123.52 is not applicable to occupational-disease claims that require total disability or death to be compensable. (State ex rel. Timken Roller Bearing Co. v. Indus. Comm., 136 Ohio St. 148, 24 N.E.2d 448 (1939), modified.) The Supreme Court of Ohio 131 Writing Manual
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