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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






2. 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.






3. Shepard's Citations is used






4. What federal session laws are published in






5. 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






6. 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






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






8. Secondary authority






9. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






10. Precedent






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






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






13. Compiled chronologically






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






15. Supra

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16. 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.






17. 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






18. Published by West






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






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 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






22. 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






23. Presidential proclamations






24. Shepard's Citators






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






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






27. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






28. 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






29. An explanatory note






30. Restatement (of law)






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






32. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






33. Published by Lawyers Co-op






34. 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






35. At the close of each legislative term






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

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37. Digests






38. Typical case reporter






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






40. The Federal Reporter






41. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






42. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






44. Reported selectively






45. U.S.






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






47. 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






48. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






49. Summarized statute topics






50. Name of the appellant