Memorandum

To:	All Judges and AAs
From:	William L. Martin, III
Subject:	Styles on Opinions
Date:	November 9, 1998

In the past week we have had three cases in which the Court's opinion has a style different from the case as styled when it was docketed. The clerk's office uses the body of the Notice of Appeal to establish the style of the case when we docket the case, as opposed to using the style on the Notice of Appeal. Obviously, the style on the Notice of Appeal does not always contain all of the parties or may contain some parties that are not at interest on appeal.

After your office has drafted an opinion, circulated the opinion and have it ready for dissemination, if the style of the opinion differs from the style on the docketing notice on the summary sheet, please contact the clerk's office so we can correct the matter before it gets to the reporter's office. If the style on the opinion needs to be changed it can be changed, and if the style as the case is docketed needs to be changed, the clerk's office can effect that change.

We always have the reporter's office as a fail safe, but hopefully we can correct these matters before they reach the reporter's office.

Thank you for your cooperation. If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact me.

/ld