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Subject : law
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1. Federal Rules Decisions






2. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






4. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






5. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






6. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






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






9. 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






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






11. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






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






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






14. Secondary authority






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






16. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






17. 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






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






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






20. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






21. A proposed legislative measure






22. The West key number system






23. Summarize judicial opinions






24. Primary authority






25. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






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






27. 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






28. The Federal Reporter






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






30. 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






31. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






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






37. 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






38. 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






39. 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






40. Reported selectively






41. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






42. Explanation of the subject






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






44. At the close of each legislative term






45. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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46. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






47. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






50. 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.