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1. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






2. 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






3. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






7. The West key number system






8. Reported selectively






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






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






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






13. 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






14. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






17. 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






18. Published by Lawyers Co-op






19. Summarize judicial opinions






20. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






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

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






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






24. Primary authority






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






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






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






28. Name of the appellant






29. Official publication






30. United States Reports






31. As session laws






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






33. Case law






34. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






35. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






37. Digest topic






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






39. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






40. Published by West






41. Products of West Legal Studies






42. Explanation of the subject






43. 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'






44. An index






45. U.S.






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






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






48. 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






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






50. F.Supp