Assertion: secondary authority | /r/HasProperty | cited by court
Facets:
value: in deciding cases
type: LOCATION
value: sometimes
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: Although secondary authorities are sometimes used in legal research (especially, to allow a researcher to gain a preliminary, overall understanding of an unfamiliar area of law) and are sometimes even cited by courts in deciding cases, secondary authorities are generally afforded less weight than the actual texts of primary authority.