A case brief is a shortened, concise summary of a court opinion, usually in outline form. Hence the term “brief.” Typically this is used for more effective self-study. Obviously, it’s a lot easier to read a well-written case brief example rather than going through a verbatim case which is about 100 pages long. It can also be used to present a case to other people as it is a lot simpler than the actual case file.  So basically, this document is a reduced and summarized court opinion which would contain all the key elements and would discuss the main point of the court’s opinion. Click here to read more.