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1. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






3. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






4. State and federal






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






6. S.Ct.






7. United States Reports






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






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






10. Shepard's Citators






11. 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






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






13. As session laws






14. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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15. American Digest System






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






17. The date upon which the decision was rendered






18. 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






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






20. Precedent






21. Statutes at Large






22. Typical case reporter






23. An index






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






25. 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






26. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






27. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






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






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






30. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






31. Products of West Legal Studies






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






33. An explanatory note






34. United States Reports






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






36. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






37. Summarize statute topics






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






39. Statutory law






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






41. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






43. Shepard's Citations is used






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






45. Restatement (of law)






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






47. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






50. 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







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