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1. 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






2. Statutory law






3. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






4. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






5. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






6. Compiled by topic






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






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






9. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






10. 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






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






12. The Federal Reporter






13. 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






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






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






16. 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






17. 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






18. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






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






20. Name of the appellant






21. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






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






23. An explanatory note






24. The West key number system






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

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26. United States Reports






27. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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28. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






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






32. 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






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






34. Digests






35. Seven






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






37. What federal session laws are published in






38. Precedent






39. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






40. Presidential proclamations






41. Federal Rules Decisions






42. Infra

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43. As session laws






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






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






46. Summarize judicial opinions






47. Explanation of the subject






48. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






49. Primary authority






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







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