[法学]英美法案例研读.ppt

Read and Analyze Common Law Cases 英美法案例研读 Section 1: The Basic Structure of Court Opinions案例的基本结构 一.判例的名称或抬头 Willie Louie CEREGHINO and Frances Mary Cereghino, Petitioners, v. Mary J. VERSHUM, Trustee, and Janet Coffyn, Respondents. No. CA 75 1308 Supreme Court of Oregon, In Banc. Argued and Submitted July 10, 1975. Decided Aug. 7, 1975 二、判例总结(Syllabus or Prefatory Statement) 参阅West出版公司为Cereghino v. Vershum案所提供的判例总结 In an action to reform a trust deed, plaintiffs appealed from a decree of the Circuit Court, Multnomah County, William M. Dale, J., denying the relief requested. The Supreme Court held that reformation was correctly denied where there was no evidence to establish a mistake of the scrivener or mutual mistake. Here, the evidence showed only unilateral mistake on the part of the plaintiffs, unattended by fraud or other inequitable conduct on the part of defendants. Affirmed. Carter, J., concurred and assigned reasons. 三、分类标题及法律摘要（Topics and Headnotes） 美国法律摘编系统将所有案例法律摘要划分为七类（class）：人（persons）、财产（property）、合同（contracts）、侵权（torts）、犯罪（crimes）、司法救济（remedies）、政府（government）。 Class——subclasses——topics——subdivisions 法律类别 亚类别 分类标题 亚标题 共有400多个分类标题，每个亚标题配备一个数字编号（西方钥匙序号） 分类标题 钥匙序号 分类标题 钥匙序号 Ambassadors and Consuls 26 Aliens 28 Citizens 77 Customs Duties 114 Domicile 135 Treaties 385 War and National Emergency 402 Trade Regulation 382 Admiralty 16 International law 221 Sources and Scope of International Arbitration 221.13 International law 221.2 International Organizations And Tribunals in General 221.10.45(1) 法庭判决意见(the Opinion) 以Cereghino v. Vershum案为例,法庭的判决意见节选如下: This is a suit to reform a trust deed executed by plaintiffs, on ground that “by the mistake of the scrivener who drafted the trust deed…he included the home of