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1. Georgia - North Carolina - South Carolina - Virginia - and West Virginia






2. Arkansas - Kentucky - Missouri - Tennessee - Texas - and Indian Territories






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






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






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






6. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






7. F.Supp






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






9. Opinion issued by the majority of the judges of the appellate court; the holding of this opinion may be cited as precedent if all other criteria are met. There is only one in a case






10. All slip laws enacted during a legislative session that are arranged in chronological order according to date of enactment






11. U.S.






12. Reported selectively in the Federal Supplement.






13. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






15. 1. U.S. Constitutional provision and amendments 2. Federal statutes 3. Federal procedural rules 4. Federal cases (U.S. - F.3d - the F.Supp.) 5. State cases (official reporter - then regional reporter) 6. Federal administrative rules and regulations 7






16. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






17. Digest topic






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






19. 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






20. 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.






21. Only those state appellate court cases which are significant (indicates a change in the law or a new trend in legal thinking).






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






23. Fed. R. Evid. 401






24. A bill that has been adopted into a law but has been printed singly rather than as a part of a group of laws






25. Official publication






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






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

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30. The entire court participates rather than the permissible quorum. This does not mean that the entire court agrees on the outcome - however.






31. Compiled chronologically






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






33. An unofficial publication of law that is known for its extensive use of annotations






34. Official publication






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






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






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






38. Opinion of the entire court (all judges who heard the case) - as opposed to an opinion written by a specific judge






39. Case reports - published by West - that divides the United States into seven geographical regions and reports the decisions of the highest appellate court of each state within that region.






40. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op

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41. 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






42. Case law






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






44. Digests






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






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






47. Congressional Record will provide the most direct access to the text of the statute






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






49. 88 C.J.S. Trial






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