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1. 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






2. 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






3. 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






4. United States Reports






5. An index






6. Primary authority






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






8. The court's explanatory comments - which can included the holding - the rationale for the holding - and dicta






9. 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.






10. Legal document that carries the most weight and embodies the government's authority to exist and serves as an outline for the exercise of governmental powers.






11. 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






12. Federal Cases






13. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






16. Digest topic






17. United States Reports






18. Name of the appellant






19. Explanation of the subject






20. The West key number system






21. Statutes at Large






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






23. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






24. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d

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25. 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.






26. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






28. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






30. U.S.






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






32. State and federal






33. F.Supp






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






35. 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






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






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






38. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






39. 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






40. 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






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






42. Statutory law






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






44. 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






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






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






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






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






49. Decennial Digest






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