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Subject : law
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1. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






2. The Federal Reporter






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






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






5. Shepard's Citations is used






6. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






7. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






9. Statutory law






10. Federal Cases






11. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






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






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

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16. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






17. Restatement (of law)






18. United States Reports






19. Summarize statute topics






20. Infra

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21. What federal session laws are published in






22. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






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






24. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






25. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






26. 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)






27. S.Ct.






28. The West key number system






29. Compiled chronologically






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






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






32. Statutes at Large






33. 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.






34. A proposed legislative measure






35. 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.






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






37. 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






38. American Digest System






39. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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40. 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






41. State and federal






42. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






43. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






44. 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'






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






46. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






47. Presidential proclamations






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






49. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






50. Decennial Digest