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A 'syllabus is a summary of a judicial decision, prefixed to the opinions in the case, setting out a brief statement of the rulings of the court and the points of law decided.

U.S. Supreme Court

Prepared by the Reporter of Decisions and not part of the opinion itself, and is not citable as law. United States v. Detroit Timber Lumber Company

First Syllabus: 2 Dallas 399 (1790)

Ohio Supreme Court

Previous syllabus rule http://www.ohiopa.org/may2011casedigest.pdf new rule http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/LegalResources/rules/reporting/Report.pdf

http://www.supremecourt.ohio.gov/LegalResources/rules/reporting/Report.pdf

Case gone wrong: State v. Walker, 134 Ohio App. 3d 89 - Ohio: Court of Appeals, 4th Appellate Dist. 1999 http://scholar.google.com/scholar_case?case=15590853333312925040&hl=en&as_sdt=2&as_vis=1&oi=scholarr appellate court construing a prior supreme court case whose syllabus defined "nudity" as "a lewd exhibition or a graphic focus on the genitals," without using the word "or" in the opinion itself meant that the state could prosecut using only one of the two alternatives.

"Peculiar to Ohio" http://supreme.justia.com/us/379/89/case.html