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1. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






2. Shepard's Citations is used






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






4. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






5. 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






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






7. Name of the appellant






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






9. 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






10. 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.






11. Reported selectively






12. Published by West






13. Seven






14. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






15. Result or disposition of the case






16. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






18. U.S.






19. Federal Rules Decisions






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






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






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






23. An explanatory note






24. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






25. Digest topic






26. Primary authority






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






28. 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.






29. But they are required for home state cases when parallel citations exist






30. The West key number system






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






32. Statutes at Large






33. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






34. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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35. 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






36. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






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






39. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






41. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






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






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






44. Legal encyclopedia published by West






45. United States Reports






46. 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






47. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






50. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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