Wikipedia talk:WikiProject U.S. Supreme Court cases/sample outline

[introduction--should summarize the ruling, and mention why the case is important...if it is]

Background of the case

[subheaders will vary based on relevant substantive background]

District Court trial and conviction

blah blah blah

Court of Appeals decision

blah blah blah

The Court's decision

[if it takes a while to explain how the justices voted, then it might be appropriate to have a subheader for the majority opinion following the explanative paragraph]

blah blah blah blah

Bobo's majority opinion

[this section should just describe what the Court argued, not rebut it; counterarguments by the dissent should be described in the dissent, though mentioned here if the majority's argument expressly replies to the dissent]

Koko's concurrence

blah blah blah

Bojo's dissent

blah blah blah

Critical response

[media commentary and law review/scholarly criticism; may also include criticism expressed by other judges on other courts]

Subsequent developments

[developments in the case on remand from the Court, other factual changes that are relevant or consequent to the decision, or subsequent relevant case law; header could also be subsequent jurisprudence, or that could be a subheader; see end of United States v. O'Brien

Notes

[footnotes]