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






2. If the same case is published in another case reporter - the volume and page number of that reporter is shown






3. 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






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






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






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






7. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






8. Federal Cases






9. U.S.






10. The Federal Reporter






11. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






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






14. 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.






15. 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






16. Precedent






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






18. What federal session laws are published in






19. Case law






20. Encyclopedia






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






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






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






24. As session laws






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






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






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






28. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






29. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






30. The West key number system






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






32. F.Supp






33. Products of West Legal Studies






34. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






35. 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)






36. S.Ct.






37. Compiled chronologically






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






39. 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






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






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






42. 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






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






44. Law that establishes and defines the basic rights and duties that govern a society. It consists of constitutions - legislative enactments - common law - and certain executive actions.






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






46. At the close of each legislative term






47. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






48. Shepard's Citations is used






49. Infra

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