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1. What federal session laws are published in






2. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






4. Products of West Legal Studies






5. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






6. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






7. Result or disposition of the case






8. Summarize statute topics






9. F.Supp






10. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






11. Primary authority






12. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






13. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






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






15. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






16. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






17. 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






18. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






19. 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






20. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






21. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






22. Summarized statute topics






23. Reported selectively






24. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






25. 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






26. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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27. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






28. Precedent






29. Shepard's Citations is used






30. Supra

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31. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






32. The date upon which the decision was rendered






33. As session laws






34. 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






35. Legal encyclopedia published by West






36. Obiter dictum- comments of the court about minor issues or concerns other than the specific holding - rationale - and decision. Never cited as precedent






37. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






38. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






39. A proposed legislative measure






40. Statutory law






41. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






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






43. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






45. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






46. 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






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






48. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






49. Federal Rules Decisions






50. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.