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1. Statutes at Large






2. 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






3. Explanation of the subject






4. 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






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


6. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






8. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






11. Secondary authority






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






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






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






15. Extensive selected annotations






16. The date upon which the decision was rendered






17. 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






18. Selected decisions






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






20. Primary authority






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






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






23. 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






24. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






25. 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






26. 1. case name 2. case reporter in which the case is published (include volume number - abbreviation of case reporter - and page where case begins); 3. identity of court issuing the opinion 4. year in which the decision was issued; and 5. subsequent hi






27. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






28. Legal encyclopedia published by West






29. 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






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






31. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






32. 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.






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






34. Case law






35. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






36. 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.






37. Infra


38. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






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






43. Precedent






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






45. At the close of each legislative term






46. An index






47. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






48. 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






49. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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