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Subject : law
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1. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






2. Secondary authority






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






4. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






5. Primary authority






6. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






7. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






8. Digests






9. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






10. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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11. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






12. What federal session laws are published in






13. Precedent






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






15. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






16. Statutory law






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






18. Products of West Legal Studies






19. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






20. Legal encyclopedia published by West






21. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






22. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






23. 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






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






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






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






27. 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






28. Published by West






29. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






30. A proposed legislative measure






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






32. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






33. 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






34. Infra

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35. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






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






39. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






40. Statutes at Large






41. Result or disposition of the case






42. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






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






45. The Federal Reporter






46. 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






47. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






49. Summarize judicial opinions






50. Slip opinions collected and published periodically