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






2. 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






3. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






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






7. Published by West






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






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






10. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






11. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






12. The date upon which the decision was rendered






13. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






15. 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






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






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






18. A syllabus of the court






19. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






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






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






24. What federal session laws are codified and published in






25. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






27. Encyclopedia






28. 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






29. As session laws






30. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






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






32. Name of the appellant






33. American Digest System






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






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






36. Explanation of the subject






37. Shepard's Citators






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






39. Summarize judicial opinions






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






41. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






42. 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






43. Secondary authority






44. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






45. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






46. U.S.






47. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






48. A proposed legislative measure






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






50. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter







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