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Subject : law
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1. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






3. Published by West






4. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






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






6. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






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






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






11. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






13. Federal Rules Decisions






14. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






16. Official publication






17. 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.






18. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






19. Infra

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






21. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






22. Seven






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






24. 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






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






26. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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27. Result or disposition of the case






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






29. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






31. Encyclopedia






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






33. 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






34. Statutory law






35. At the close of each legislative term






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






37. 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






38. As session laws






39. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






41. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






42. Federal Cases






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






44. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






45. 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






46. Shepard's Citators






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






48. Explanation of the subject






49. 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






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