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






2. An explanatory note






3. Selected decisions






4. Encyclopedia






5. Explanation of the subject






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






7. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






8. As session laws






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






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






11. An index






12. Extensive selected annotations






13. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






15. Precedent






16. 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






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






18. The Federal Reporter






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






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






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






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






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






24. Digest topic






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






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






27. 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






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






29. Statutory law






30. United States Reports






31. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






34. American Digest System






35. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






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






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






40. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






41. 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.






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






43. Summarize statute topics






44. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






46. A proposed legislative measure






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






48. 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






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






50. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits







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