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1. Statutory law






2. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






4. 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






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






6. Reported selectively






7. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






8. Federal Cases






9. Presidential proclamations






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






11. 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






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






13. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






14. Encyclopedia






15. An index






16. (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other) issued by a private - non-government publisher.






17. 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






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






19. 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.






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






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






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






23. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






24. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






25. A proposed legislative measure






26. State and federal






27. Case law






28. The Federal Reporter






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






30. Secondary authority






31. Restatement (of law)






32. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






34. Digest topic






35. 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)






36. 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






37. An explanatory note






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






39. Shepard's Citators






40. Compiled chronologically






41. Products of West Legal Studies






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






43. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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44. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






46. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication






47. Summarized statute topics






48. 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






49. Statutes that are collected into a statutory code that are arranged by topic






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






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