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






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






3. United States Reports






4. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






5. Decennial Digest






6. S.Ct.






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






8. 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






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






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






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






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






13. Digests






14. 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.






15. 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






16. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






17. Result or disposition of the case






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






19. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






20. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






22. Precedent






23. Seven






24. 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.






25. Statutes at Large






26. Compiled by topic






27. 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






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






29. Explanation of the subject






30. At the close of each legislative term






31. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






32. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






33. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






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






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. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






37. Name of the appellant






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






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






40. 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






41. Secondary authority






42. 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.






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






44. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






46. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






47. 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






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






49. Official publication






50. 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