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1. Summarize statute topics






2. United States Reports






3. The West key number system






4. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






6. Secondary authority






7. Federal Rules Decisions






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






9. American Digest System






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






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






12. S.Ct.






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






14. 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






15. Statutes at Large






16. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






17. 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.






18. 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






19. Statutes at Large






20. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






21. Primary authority






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






23. Seven






24. Compiled chronologically






25. Digests






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






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






28. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






29. 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






30. What federal session laws are published in






31. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






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






34. An explanatory note






35. Reported selectively






36. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






37. Restatement (of law)






38. 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)






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






40. 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.






41. Shepard's Citations is used






42. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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






45. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






46. 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.






47. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






48. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






49. 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.






50. A proposed legislative measure







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