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






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






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






4. 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






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






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






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






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






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






10. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






13. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






14. Name of the appellant






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






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






17. 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






18. Selected decisions






19. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






21. Shepard's Citations is used






22. Federal Cases






23. Secondary authority






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






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






26. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






27. Extensive selected annotations






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






29. Seven






30. 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






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






32. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






33. Federal Rules Decisions






34. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






35. S.Ct.






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






37. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






39. Infra

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40. What federal session laws are codified and published in






41. 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






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






43. Statutory law






44. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






45. F.Supp






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






47. Statutes at Large






48. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






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