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






2. Secondary authority






3. As session laws






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






5. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






6. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






7. Supra

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8. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






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






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






11. Shepard's Citators






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






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






14. Products of West Legal Studies






15. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






17. 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






18. Avery v. Exxon Co. - 397 U.S. 812 (1991).






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






20. Result or disposition of the case






21. Digests






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. A proposed legislative measure






24. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






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






26. 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






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






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






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






30. Statutory law






31. Statutes at Large






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






33. 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






34. An explanatory note






35. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






36. American Digest System






37. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






38. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






39. Federal Rules Decisions






40. 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






41. The date upon which the decision was rendered






42. When an official body authorizes and directs the collection and publication of law






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






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






45. A very brief opinion; a cursory opinion; an opinion so abbreviated that it is hardly an opinion at all






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






47. The West key number system






48. 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






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






50. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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