What exactly do the summarized appendices in Supreme Court cases mean?

In general, are the cases summarized in the appendices of U.S. Supreme Court cases actual cases decided on by the Court?





Specifically, are the summarized cases (e.g., ';ALABAMA Page No. 00002 discrimination against the mentally ill in city zoning process';) located in the in the appendix of the following linked Court case actual cases decided on by the Supreme Court?





If so, how would I go about finding out the specifics of a summarized case?





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http://www.accessiblesociety.org/garrettruling.htmlWhat exactly do the summarized appendices in Supreme Court cases mean?
Not necessarily. The specific one you are citing in your question is from Submissions made by individuals to the Task Force on Rights and Empowerment of Americans with Disabilities and was used as a reference to support the point of dissenting judge Breyer.





I believe that these are individual letters which outline facts which he used to make his decision. These items are located in this particular file in the court clerk's office. You would have to pull this particular case file to see these items. (This is noted just under the section title as follows: See the Government鈥檚 Lodging (available in Clerk of Court鈥檚 case file.)





There are other citations in these appendices which are case law. These however, are not.





If you need specfics on a case you will have to search on the case name. Unless the case is note worthy you may not find much on them without paid access like Lexis or Westlaw.What exactly do the summarized appendices in Supreme Court cases mean?
Yes, I think what you are describing are prior case law references - which you can look up in a law library ormaybe via FindLaw.com