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






2. Summarize statute topics






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






4. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






5. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






6. Statutory law






7. 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






8. Explanation of the subject






9. 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






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






11. Decennial Digest






12. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






13. Summarize judicial opinions






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






15. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






16. United States Reports






17. Extensive selected annotations






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






19. 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.






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






21. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






22. Restatement (of law)






23. Case law






24. Legal encyclopedia published by West






25. A proposed legislative measure






26. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






27. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






29. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






30. 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.






31. 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






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






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






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






35. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






36. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






37. Shepard's Citators






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






39. 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






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






41. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






43. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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44. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






45. The Federal Reporter






46. 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






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






48. Statutes at Large






49. Presidential proclamations






50. Typical case reporter