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






2. Summarize statute topics






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






4. 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






5. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






7. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






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






9. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






11. Shepard's Citations is used






12. 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.






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






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






15. Presidential proclamations






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






17. An index






18. Digests






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






20. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






21. Extensive selected annotations






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






23. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






24. The West key number system






25. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






26. Statutes at Large






27. Compiled by topic






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






29. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






31. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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






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






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






36. A syllabus of the court






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






38. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






41. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






42. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






43. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






44. American Digest System






45. Selected decisions






46. Official publication






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






48. An explanatory note






49. 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'






50. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






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