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Subject : law
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1. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






2. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






3. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






5. 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






6. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






7. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






8. Reported selectively






9. Shepard's Citations is used






10. Case law






11. 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






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






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






14. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






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






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






17. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






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






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






21. Shepard's Citators






22. 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






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






24. A single-volume text written by a legal scholar in a given topic area






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






26. What federal session laws are published in






27. Seven






28. The date upon which the decision was rendered






29. 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






30. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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31. Result or disposition of the case






32. State and federal






33. Statutes at Large






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






35. 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






36. The Federal Reporter






37. Summarized statute topics






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






39. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






40. Secondary authority






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






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






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






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






45. 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






46. Decennial Digest






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






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






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






50. Summarize statute topics