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






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

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3. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






5. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






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

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8. Products of West Legal Studies






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






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






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






12. A syllabus of the court






13. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






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






15. As session laws






16. 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






17. The date upon which the decision was rendered






18. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






20. Digest topic






21. Summarized statute topics






22. United States Reports






23. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






24. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






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






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






28. Official publication






29. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






30. 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






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






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






33. Shepard's Citations is used






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






35. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






36. 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.






37. Federal Cases






38. Restatement (of law)






39. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






40. An index






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






42. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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43. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






44. Typical case reporter






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






46. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






47. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






48. Seven






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






50. Reported selectively