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






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






3. While indexes summarize statute topics






4. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






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






6. 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






7. Surnames are used for individual parties (Watson v. Jones).






8. A proposed legislative measure






9. For a particular reporter or a particular group of reporters.






10. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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






12. Are catalogued under topics and subtopics assigned to key numbers - using the TARP method. T - thing or subject matter involved in the case; A - Action (cause of action) or ground for defense to an action; R - Relief sought; P - parties - meaning the






13. S. Ct.






14. 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.






15. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.






16. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






18. Case law






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






20. Statutes at Large






21. WESTLAW - West Publishing Company; and LEXIS - Mead Data Corporation.






22. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






23. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






24. The method used to determine whether a case still is good law is to check the citation in the appropriate set of Shepard's Citations.






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






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






27. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






28. 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






29. Both legal and nonlegal - may proide persuasive authority in a given case and should not be overlooked as a research source.






30. 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






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






32. Indexes






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






34. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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35. A reference to a legal authority - such as a constitution - statute - case - administrative rule - or other authority.






36. Is the primary finding tool for statutory law - either state or federal.






37. Annotated law reporter and is the secondary legal authority published by Lawyers Co-op.






38. A syllabus of the court






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






40. Which reports only federal cases and is supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket found at the back of each volume.






41. Statutory law






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






43. U.S. Const. art. IV -






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






45. 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






46. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






47. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






48. 1. number of the Code title2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






49. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






50. 1. volume number of encyclopedia 2. abbreviated name of encyclopedia 3. title of article (underscored or in italics) 4. section symbol and section number within the article; 5. specific page within section; and 6. date of publication