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Subject : law
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1. 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






2. Shepard's Citations is used






3. Legal encyclopedia published by West






4. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






5. At the close of each legislative term






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






7. Statutes at Large






8. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






9. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






10. Summarize judicial opinions






11. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






12. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






13. 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






14. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






15. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






16. 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






17. A proposed legislative measure






18. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






19. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






20. The date upon which the decision was rendered






21. Selected decisions






22. Federal Cases






23. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






24. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






25. Statutory law






26. Summarize statute topics






27. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






28. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






29. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






30. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






31. F.Supp






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






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






34. Statutory law






35. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






36. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






37. What federal session laws are published in






38. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






39. Secondary authority






40. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






41. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






43. Summarized statute topics






44. Presidential proclamations






45. Precedent






46. Infra


47. United States Reports






48. Seven






49. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






50. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one