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1. An explanatory note






2. At the close of each legislative term






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






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






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






6. Federal Cases






7. U.S.






8. Products of West Legal Studies






9. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






11. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. S.Ct.






17. State and federal






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






19. 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






20. 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'






21. 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






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. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






24. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






25. Encyclopedia






26. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






27. F.Supp






28. 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






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






30. As session laws






31. Statutory law






32. Digest topic






33. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






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






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






36. A syllabus of the court






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






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






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






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






41. Explanation of the subject






42. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






43. What federal session laws are published in






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






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






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






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

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48. An index






49. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






50. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition