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1. Precedent






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






3. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






5. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






6. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






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






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






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






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






13. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






14. The date upon which the decision was rendered






15. Statutory law






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






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






18. Extensive selected annotations






19. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






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






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






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






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






24. 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.






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






26. An explanatory note






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






28. At the close of each legislative term






29. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






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






34. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






35. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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






37. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






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






39. The West key number system






40. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






41. Shepard's Citations is used






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






43. A proposed legislative measure






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






45. 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.






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






47. American Digest System






48. Statutes at Large






49. Supra

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50. 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.







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