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1. Shepard's Citators






2. 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






3. Statutes at Large






4. Summarize judicial opinions






5. Typical case reporter






6. Decennial Digest






7. Summarize statute topics






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






9. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






11. At the close of each legislative term






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






13. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






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






17. 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.






18. Encyclopedia






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






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






21. Primary authority






22. Connecticut - Delaware - D.C. (Court of Appeals) - Maine - Maryland - New Hampshire - New Jersey - Pennsylvania - Rhode Island - and Vermont






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






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






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






26. Legal encyclopedia published by West






27. Case law






28. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






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






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






31. Products of West Legal Studies






32. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






34. American Digest System






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






36. 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






37. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






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






39. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






41. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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42. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






43. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






44. 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






45. The date upon which the decision was rendered






46. 1. volume number of Fed. Reg. 2. abbreviation for Federal Register 3. page number where administrative rule begins; and 4. year of publication






47. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






48. The West key number system






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






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