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






2. 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






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






4. The Federal Reporter






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






6. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






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






8. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






10. Compiled by topic






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






12. Infra

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






14. Statutes at Large






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






16. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






17. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






18. What federal session laws are published in






19. Precedent






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






21. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






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






23. Summarize statute topics






24. Digests






25. Encyclopedia






26. At the close of each legislative term






27. American Digest System






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






29. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






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






31. 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






32. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






33. A syllabus of the court






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






35. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






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






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






38. Primary authority






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






40. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






42. Compiled chronologically






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






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






45. 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.






46. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






47. Summarized statute topics






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






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






50. 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)







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