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






2. Extensive selected annotations






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






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






5. Supra

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






7. What federal session laws are published in






8. Statutory law






9. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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10. 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






11. The Federal Reporter






12. United States Reports






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






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






15. Statutes at Large






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






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






18. An index






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






20. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






23. Primary authority






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






25. 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.






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






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






28. 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






29. Result or disposition of the case






30. American Digest System






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






32. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






33. Shepard's Citators






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






35. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






36. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






37. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






39. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






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






41. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






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






43. 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






44. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






46. Presidential proclamations






47. 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






48. 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






49. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






50. Case law