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1. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






2. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






3. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






4. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






5. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






6. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






7. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






8. Federal Cases






9. Typical case reporter






10. Decennial Digest






11. Compiled by topic






12. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






13. Result or disposition of the case






14. A proposed legislative measure






15. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






16. Presidential proclamations






17. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






18. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






19. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






20. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






21. Selected decisions






22. Published by West






23. F.Supp






24. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






25. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






26. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






27. S.Ct.






28. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






29. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






30. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






31. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






32. U.S.






33. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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35. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






36. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






37. Compiled chronologically






38. Summarize statute topics






39. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






40. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






41. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






42. State and federal






43. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






44. The date upon which the decision was rendered






45. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






46. The Federal Reporter






47. Secondary authority






48. Case law






49. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






50. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).