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1. Case law






2. A syllabus of the court






3. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






4. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






5. 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






6. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






7. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






8. 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.






9. 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






10. The West key number system






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






12. Typical case reporter






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






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






15. 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.






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






17. Reported selectively






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






19. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






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






21. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






22. 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






23. Primary authority






24. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






25. Statutes at Large






26. 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'






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






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






29. An explanatory note






30. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






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






32. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






34. Digest topic






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






36. Summarize judicial opinions






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






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






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






40. Decennial Digest






41. 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






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






43. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






44. What federal session laws are codified and published in






45. An index






46. Compiled by topic






47. 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






48. 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






49. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






50. Result or disposition of the case







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