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






2. As session laws






3. Seven






4. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






5. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






6. U.S.






7. The West key number system






8. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






10. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






11. 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






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






13. Encyclopedia






14. Typical case reporter






15. What federal session laws are published in






16. Statutory law






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






18. Compiled by topic






19. 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.






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






21. American Digest System






22. Federal Rules Decisions






23. Case law






24. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






25. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






26. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






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






28. Statutes at Large






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






30. Extensive selected annotations






31. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






32. Official publication






33. United States Reports






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






35. A proposed legislative measure






36. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






38. Name of the appellant






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






40. Decennial Digest






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






42. Restatement (of law)






43. United States Reports






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






45. 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






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

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47. Explanation of the subject






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






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






50. Digest topic