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






2. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






4. 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






5. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






6. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






7. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






9. A proposed legislative measure






10. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






12. 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






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






14. The date upon which the decision was rendered






15. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






16. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






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






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






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






22. 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






23. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






24. Infra

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25. 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






26. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






27. 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'






28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






29. 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






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






31. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






33. The West key number system






34. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






35. The Federal Reporter






36. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






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






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






39. F.Supp






40. 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






41. Statutes at Large






42. Reported selectively






43. Seven






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






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






46. Compiled by topic






47. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






48. Summarize judicial opinions






49. Secondary authority






50. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)







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