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Slip Opinions are as-filed versions of opinions certified for publication or ordered published; they do not reflect enhancement, editing, and correction for the Official Reports. Slip opinions from the last 120 days are posted together on this page as public information about actions taken by the courts.

All opinions of the California Supreme Court are published in bound volumes called the Official Reports.

The key difference between a published or unpublished decision is whether it has precedential value. In other words, can the decision be relied upon and cited by later courts as precedence? In California, all state Supreme Court decisions are automatically published in the state's Official Reports.