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






2. The Federal Reporter






3. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






4. 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






5. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






6. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






7. 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






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






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






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






11. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






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






13. Primary authority






14. 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.






15. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






16. 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






17. Compiled chronologically






18. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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19. Digest topic






20. 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






21. Encyclopedia






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






23. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






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






25. 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






26. Summarize judicial opinions






27. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






28. Explanation of the subject






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






30. Federal Rules Decisions






31. Typical case reporter






32. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






33. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






34. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






36. 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.






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






38. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






39. 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






40. Statutes at Large






41. Decennial Digest






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






43. What federal session laws are codified and published in






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






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






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






47. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






48. Name of the appellant






49. Compilations of cases and historical matter dealing with various aspects of a code of statute - which contain short summaries of other cases - both for and against






50. Case law







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