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






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






3. 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






4. Digest topic






5. Rule of law for which the case is cited as precedent; it is the legal effect of the facts of the case






6. 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






7. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






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






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






10. The Federal Reporter






11. Federal Cases






12. 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.






13. Indexes






14. 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.






15. 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.






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






17. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






18. Both state and federal.






19. Into seven regions.






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






21. 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






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






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






24. Statutory law






25. West key number system






26. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






27. 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






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






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






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






31. U.S. Const. art. IV -






32. Decennial Digest and uses the key number system.






33. (Dallas - Cranch - Wheaton - Peters - Howard - Black - and Wallace) - which were cited - for example - 1 Dall. 233.






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






35. 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.






36. Official publication






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






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






39. 22 C.F.R.






40. Refers to a previously cited authority. May not be used to refer to constitutions - statutes - or cases previously cited in full in legal memoranda and briefs; however - it may be used in genearl text - in books - and in law review articles.






41. 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.






42. Use digest to find case references; read the case in the reporter; and shepardize to determine status.






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






44. Fed. R. Evid. 401






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






46. Govern the form and procedure for appeals from the U.S. District Court to the Court of Appeals within the federal system






47. 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.).






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






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






50. Devoted to a table of cases and a descriptive word index.