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






2. Infra

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3. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






5. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






8. Name of the appellant






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






10. 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






11. An index






12. Supra

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13. Official publication






14. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






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






16. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






17. Precedent






18. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






19. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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20. 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






21. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






22. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






23. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






24. 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






25. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






26. As session laws






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






28. 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






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






30. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






31. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






32. 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






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






34. Compiled chronologically






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






36. Statutory law






37. Digest topic






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






39. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






40. Secondary authority






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






42. Typical case reporter






43. At the close of each legislative term






44. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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45. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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46. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






47. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






49. Statutory law






50. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).