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1. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






2. Federal Rules Decisions






3. 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






4. 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'






5. 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






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






7. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






8. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






9. Federal Cases






10. Name of the appellant






11. What federal session laws are codified and published in






12. 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






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






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






15. As session laws






16. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






19. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






20. 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






21. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






23. An explanatory note






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






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






26. 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






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






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






29. United States Reports






30. U.S.






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






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






33. Precedent






34. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






35. Reported selectively






36. Legal encyclopedia published by West






37. Official publication






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






39. Statutes at Large






40. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






41. What federal session laws are published in






42. An index






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






44. Infra

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45. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






47. Shepard's Citations is used






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






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






50. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).







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