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1. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






2. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






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






6. Summarized statute topics






7. Digest topic






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






9. Statutory law






10. 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)






11. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






13. The West key number system






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






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






16. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






17. At the close of each legislative term






18. Presidential proclamations






19. Primary authority






20. United States Reports






21. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






22. Statutes at Large






23. The Federal Reporter






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






25. 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






26. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






27. Official publication






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

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29. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






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






32. 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.






33. 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






34. Supra

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35. W. Weitz - Nocturnal Crimes - 20 Brooklyn L. Rev. 180 (1992).






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






37. 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






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






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






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






41. American Digest System






42. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






43. 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






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






45. Digests






46. Explanation of the subject






47. Shepard's Citations is used






48. Shepard's Citators






49. An index






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