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1. Compiled by topic






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






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






4. S.Ct.






5. American Digest System






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






7. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






8. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






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






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






12. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






13. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






14. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






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






17. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






18. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






19. United States Reports (U.S.) - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d)






20. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






21. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






22. 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






23. Brief summary of a legal rule discussed in the opinion; headnotes are numbered. key numbers are used in West publications






24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






26. Typical case reporter






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






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






29. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






31. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






32. 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






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






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






35. Statutory law






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






37. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






38. Published by West






39. United States Reports






40. 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






41. Statutes at Large






42. Infra

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43. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






44. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






45. 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)






46. Encyclopedia






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






48. Federal Rules Decisions






49. As session laws






50. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g







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