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1. Used to indicate that the full citation appears immediately above - meaning that no other citations intervene between the full citation and the short form id.






2. The rules and regulations of federal administrative agencies are cited either to the Code of Federal Regulations (arranged by topic and cited as C.F.R.) or to the Federal Register (arranged chronologically and cited as Fed. Reg.).






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






4. Digests






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






6. S. Ct.






7. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






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






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






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






11. Supplemented by an individual - cumulative pocket part found at the back of each volume in the series.






12. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






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






14. A syllabus of the court






15. Omit initials in unless the initial is part of the widely recognzied name (B.J. Hollis Corp. becomes Hollis Corp. - but initials are retained for J.C. Penney Co.). Omit Ltd. - Inc. - and similar terms if the party's name also contains R.R. - Co. - Br






16. There are 3 case reporters for the U.S. Supreme Court - United States Reports (U.S.) Official - Supreme Court Reporter (S.Ct.) Unofficial - United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition (L.Ed. or L.Ed.2d) Unofficial






17. Used to find annotations on a particular topic which covers A.L.R.3d and A.L.R.4th and the series comes in five parts. Can check the Historicdal Table at the back of A.L.R. Index to find ouit whether an A.L.R. series annotation has been superseded (r






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






19. 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






20. Year the Court began using official reporters and its current numbering system






21. Official publication






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






23. Regardless of how it may have been shown in the lower courts.






24. Fed. R. Evid. 401






25. L. Ed or L. Ed. 2d


26. F.Supp






27. Researcher checks red advance sheets first (most recent); yellow paperback; and finally - the bound volume(s).


28. 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






29. 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.






30. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






32. While indexes summarize statute topics






33. 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






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






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






36. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






37. Shepard's Citations is used






38. When state government is a party - such as the plaintiff in a criminal case - it is identified in the case name simply as "State" (State v. Jones).






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






40. 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.






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






42. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.






43. Published by West






44. Is the same case published in more than one case reporter and should not be used when citing to U.S. Supreme Court cases; cite to U.S. Reports ONLY - for state cases must be cited if they exist.






45. 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






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






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






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






49. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






50. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are "arbitrary or capricious"