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






2. Shepard's Citations is used






3. Precedent






4. 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)






5. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






6. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






8. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






9. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






10. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






11. United States Reports






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






13. Published by Lawyers Co-op






14. Restatement (of law)






15. Products of West Legal Studies






16. 1. the title (chapter) number 2. abbreviation for the Code of Federal Regulation 3. section number symbol and the section number; and 4. year of publication






17. What federal session laws are published in






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






19. Digests






20. 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






21. An explanatory note






22. Statutory law






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






24. 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






25. 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






26. At the close of each legislative term






27. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






29. Statutory law






30. 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.






31. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






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






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






34. United States Reports






35. An index






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






37. 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






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






39. Published by West






40. U.S.






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






42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






43. 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






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






45. Extensive selected annotations






46. 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






47. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






50. Federal Cases







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