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1. 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.






2. Name of the appellant






3. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






4. U.S.






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






6. 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






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






8. Statutory law






9. 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






10. Restatement (of law)






11. 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






12. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






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






14. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






15. An index






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






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






18. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






19. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






20. Selected decisions






21. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






22. 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






23. Statutory law






24. How civil actions are handled - including rules that cover the complaint - summons - answer - discovery process - trial - and post-trial procedures






25. Legal encyclopedia published by West






26. Federal Cases






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






28. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






29. 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






30. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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31. Extensive selected annotations






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






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

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






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






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






37. Primary authority






38. Published by West






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






40. 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.






41. As session laws






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






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






44. Digest topic






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






46. Summarize judicial opinions






47. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






48. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






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






50. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture