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1. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






2. United States Reports






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






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






5. 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.






6. 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'






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






8. F.Supp






9. 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






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






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






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






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






14. 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






15. 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






16. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






17. An index






18. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






20. Summarized statute topics






21. Federal Cases






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






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






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






25. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






26. 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






27. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






28. 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






29. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






30. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






32. 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






33. State and federal






34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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35. A proposed legislative measure






36. 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.






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






38. 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






39. At the close of each legislative term






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






41. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






42. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






43. Summarize judicial opinions






44. Summarize statute topics






45. 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






46. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






47. Presidential proclamations






48. U.S.






49. The Federal Reporter






50. Federal Rules Decisions







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