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Headnote
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<p>A headnote is a brief summary of a particular <a href="/facts/Point_of_law/DwkWTbF3">point of law</a> that is added to the text of a <a href="/facts/Court_decision/u293R13I">court decision</a> to aid readers in locating discussion of a legal issue in an opinion. As the term implies, headnotes appear at the beginning of the <a href="/facts/Published_opinion/Xe8xzyn6">published opinion</a>. </p><p>In 1906, the <a href="/facts/Supreme_Court_of_the_United_States/rJHothwW">Supreme Court of the United States</a> ruled in <i><a href="/facts/United_States_v._Detroit_Timber_%26_Lumber_Co./yAz7G4y9">United States v. Detroit Timber & Lumber Co.</a></i> that headnotes have no legal standing and therefore do not set <a href="/facts/Precedent/2tdUu2Bw">precedent</a>. </p>