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1. 1. full name of author; 2. the word "Annotation"; 3. title of annotation (underscored or in italics); 4. volume number of A.L.R. series 5. abbreviation for Annotated Law Reports 6. page number where the annotation begins; 7. year of publication






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






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






4. Case law






5. A syllabus of the court






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






7. 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






8. Is issued when a federal case first decides a case. This is a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






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






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






11. 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.






12. Digest topic






13. The date upon which the decision was rendered






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






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






16. Fed. R. Evid. 401






17. While indexes summarize statute topics






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






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






20. United States Reports






21. 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.).






22. 22 C.F.R.






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






24. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






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






26. 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.






27. Within the federal system - the chronologically published rules and regulations of administrative agencies






28. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






29. Supplemented by the A.L.R.2d Later Case Service - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






30. 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






31. The digest for the current period.






32. Products of West Legal Studies






33. Official publication






34. S. Ct.






35. Secondary authority






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






37. Digests






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






39. At the close of each legislative term.






40. West key number system






41. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






42. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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43. Extensive selected annotations that follows each reported case.






44. Consists of articles and various amendments






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






46. Is an official publication that includes all laws enacted by Congress.






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






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






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

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50. Statutes at Large