Which of the following is true regarding the headnotes contained in cases published in reporters?

A) Unofficial reporters make extensive use of headnotes.
B) Headnotes are short paragraphs following the syllabus.
C) Headnotes summarize specific rules of law discussed in the case.
D) All of these choices are correct.

Headnotes

Summaries of legal rulings or points of law at the beginning of court decisions or legal texts.

Unofficial Reporters

Publications that provide court opinions not officially sanctioned by the judiciary but are used as secondary sources of legal precedent.

Rules of Law

Fundamental principles that govern society and are enforced through a set of institutions.