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






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

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3. Secondary authority






4. Slip opinions compiled in two different sets of advance sheets: (1) United States Law Week (U.S.L.W) - published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs and (2) United States Supreme Court Bulletin - published by Commerce Clearing House.






5. Holding of a case which guides the decisions in future cases involving similar facts and similar legal issues






6. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.

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7. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






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






9. United States Reports






10. Official publication






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






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






13. A proposed legislative measure






14. The abbreviation for the agency typically is used in the case name (FCC - SEC - etc.).






15. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






17. Official publication






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






19. A syllabus of the court






20. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






21. S. Ct.






22. 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.






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






24. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






27. 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






28. Compiled by topic






29. Slip opinions collected and published periodically in a softbound or looseleaf format (in advance of the next bound volume of the case reporter series).






30. An unofficial publication of law that uses the key number system to aid the researcher






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






32. Legal encyclopedia published by West






33. Into seven regions.






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






35. 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






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






37. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






38. 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 - Restatements of Law Published by th






39. A continuing digest series that collects headnote summaries from all federal and state courts (combined) during consecutive ten-year periods.






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






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






42. At the close of each legislative term.






43. Remark - note - or commentary intended to illustrate or explain.






44. Court's explanation; includes the holding - rationale - and dicta






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






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






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. Digest topic






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

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50. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12