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1 How to brief the opinion of a case A judicial decision or opinion is a statement by a judge explaining why he decided the case the way he did. Since there is not a unified format of how to draft an opinion, different judges write the opinion differently, based on their personal writing styles. No matter how different the opinions may be, each opinion is expected to contain a summary of the procedural history of the case, a statement of facts, an explanation of the reasons that lead to the conclusion, and the conclusion of the decision