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1. Statutes at Large






2. 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






3. 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






4. U.S.






5. Presidential proclamations






6. Compiled by topic






7. 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






8. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






9. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






11. 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






12. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






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






14. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






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






16. S.Ct.






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






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






19. Supra

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






21. Legal encyclopedia published by West






22. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






23. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






24. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






25. What federal session laws are codified and published in






26. 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






27. 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






28. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






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






30. Name of the appellant






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






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






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






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






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






36. Official publication






37. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






39. Typical case reporter






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






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






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






43. Summarized statute topics






44. 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






45. 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






46. 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






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






48. The cited authority contradicts the proposition stated in the memorandum






49. Statutory law






50. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).