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1. American Digest System






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






3. Restatement (of law)






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






5. 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'






6. Supra

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7. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






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






9. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






10. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






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






12. 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.






13. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






14. U.S.






15. Primary authority






16. The Federal Reporter






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






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






19. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






20. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






22. What federal session laws are published in






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






24. Compiled by topic






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






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






27. 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.






28. Typical case reporter






29. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






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






32. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






33. The West key number system






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






35. Name of the appellant






36. 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






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






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






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






40. Digest topic






41. Secondary authority






42. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






43. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






44. Published by Lawyers Co-op






45. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






46. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






48. United States Reports






49. An index






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