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1. Case law






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






3. When Internal Revenue Service is a party - the term Commissioner is used to identify it (meaning Commissioner of the Internal Revenue Service); never use the abbreviation IRS.






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






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






6. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






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






8. A secondary authority which is not the law itself but is - rather - a persuasive presentation by legal scholars of what the law is or what it should be in a particular topic






9. Digests






10. Identified as "United States" in the case name (do not abbreviate as U.S. or as U.S.A.)






11. 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.






12. At the close of each legislative term.






13. 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






14. 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






15. Official publication






16. 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.






17. 88 C.J.S. Trial






18. Statutes at Large






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






20. Identifies the court issuing the opinion - the parties - and the docket number assigned to the case






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






22. Official publication






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






24. Indexes






25. Statutes at Large (Stat.)






26. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






27. 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






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






29. Compiled chronologically






30. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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






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






33. 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






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






35. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






36. Statutory law






37. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






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






39. 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.






40. West key number system






41. United States Supreme Court Digest (West) and United States Supreme Court Digest - Lawyers' Edition (Lawyers Co-op)






42. 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






43. 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






44. 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






45. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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46. Published by West






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






48. Digest topic






49. The court's ruling or disposition of the case (whether affirmed - reversed - remanded - or dismissed)






50. S. Ct.