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






2. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






3. Name of the appellant






4. American Digest System






5. At the close of each legislative term






6. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






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






9. 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






10. Typical case reporter






11. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






12. 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






13. Shepard's Citators






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






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






16. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






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






18. Presidential proclamations






19. 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






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






21. Summarized statute topics






22. John Willis - Annotation - Industrial Noise: Promoting an Unsafe Work Enviroment - 76 A.L.R. Fed. 489 (1986).






23. Seven






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






25. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






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






27. 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






28. 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






29. 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






30. Restatement (of law)






31. 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






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






33. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






35. A syllabus of the court






36. The Federal Reporter






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






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






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






40. 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






41. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






42. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






43. An explanatory note






44. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






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






47. Explanation of the subject






48. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






49. United States Reports






50. 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'