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1. Shepard's Citations is used






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






3. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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






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






6. 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






7. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






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






9. Primary authority






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






11. Shepard's Citators






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






13. 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






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






15. Name of the appellant






16. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






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






18. Decennial Digest






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






20. Statutes at Large






21. 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






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






23. 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






24. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






26. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






27. Statutory law






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






29. A syllabus of the court






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

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31. The date upon which the decision was rendered






32. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






33. Seven






34. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






35. An explanatory note






36. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






37. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






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






39. The West key number system






40. Result or disposition of the case






41. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






43. As session laws






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






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






46. Supra

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47. Secondary authority






48. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






49. Encyclopedia






50. 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)