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1. 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






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






3. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






6. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






7. The West key number system






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






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






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






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






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






13. Precedent






14. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






15. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






16. U.S.






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






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






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






20. Extensive selected annotations






21. Federal Cases






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






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






24. Seven






25. Decennial Digest






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






27. Secondary authority






28. 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






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






30. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






31. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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32. United States Reports






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






34. Statutory law






35. 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






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






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






38. Summarize judicial opinions






39. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






42. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






43. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






44. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






45. Name of the appellant






46. 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






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






48. Shepard's Citators






49. American Digest System






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