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1. Shepard's Citations is used






2. American Digest System






3. Precedent






4. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






5. Reported selectively






6. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






7. As session laws






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






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






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






11. 1. full name of author; 2. the word 'Annotation'; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






12. Digest topic






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






14. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






16. Summarize judicial opinions






17. 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






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






19. Encyclopedia






20. Published by West






21. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






22. 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






23. Statutes at Large






24. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






26. Infra

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27. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






28. 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






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






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






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






32. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






34. What federal session laws are codified and published in






35. 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






36. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






37. A proposed legislative measure






38. 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.






39. An explanatory note






40. Name of the appellant






41. An index






42. Statutes at Large






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






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






45. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






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






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






49. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






50. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court