How to Read a Judicial Opinion: A Guide for New Law Students

http://euro.ecom.cmu.edu/program/law/08-732/Courts/howtoreadv2.pdf

This short piece was written for first year law students, but it will be helpful to all of you as you sort the unique structure of written legal opinions and figure out how to extract the most important information! Please be in touch if you ever have questions about what's going on in a case, or any of the legal jargon that every case contains.

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