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1. Statutes at Large






2. Type of law consisting of legislative enactments called statutes at federal level and ordinances at state levels.






3. Compiled chronologically






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






5. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






6. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






7. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






8. Summarize judicial opinions






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






10. United States Reports






11. Statutory law






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






13. Legal encyclopedia published by West






14. A syllabus of the court






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






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






17. Seven






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






19. 88 C.J.S. Trial A 107 (1980).






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






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






22. Published by Lawyers Co-op






23. Shepard's Citations is used






24. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






26. Virginia Koerselman - Comment - Worker's Compensation - 15 Creighton L. Rev. 415 (1981).






27. 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






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






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






30. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






31. Extensive selected annotations






32. 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)






33. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






34. The three branches of government that make up each legal system- legislative - judicial and executive






35. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






36. Encyclopedia






37. Supra

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38. What federal session laws are published in






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






40. 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






41. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






43. Compiled by topic






44. Govern the way in which a defendant is charged - tried - and sentenced for a federal crime






45. Result or disposition of the case






46. Name of the appellant






47. Shepard's Citators






48. 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.






49. 1. name of the act 2. abbreviation of Public Law and the public law number 3. volume number of the Statutes at Large 4. abbreviation for Statutes at Large 5. page number where the statutes begins; and 6. the year when the statute was passed as law.






50. Primary authority