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1. Result or disposition of the case






2. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






3. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






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






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






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






7. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






10. 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.






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






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






13. A proposed legislative measure






14. 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






15. Typical case reporter






16. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






17. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






18. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






19. Statutory law






20. 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






21. Federal Cases






22. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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

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






25. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






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






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






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






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






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






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

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34. Compiled by topic






35. Legal encyclopedia published by West






36. Supra

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37. U.S.






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






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






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






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






42. Statutory law






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






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






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






46. American Digest System






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






48. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






49. 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






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







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