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1. Digests






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






3. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






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






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






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






7. Encyclopedias that are arranged alphabetically and contain narrative - expository information on a variety of legal topics. published by West and Lawyers Co-op






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






9. S. Ct.






10. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






11. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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12. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






13. Legal dictionary - treatise - restatement of law - encyclopedia






14. 22 C.F.R.






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






16. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






17. Statutory law






18. Issued by a private - non-government publisher (primary law - secondary law - encyclopedia - or other).






19. Indicates that the full citation appears later in the memorandum - brief - or other work.






20. 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






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






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. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for its holding and decision






24. Case law






25. 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






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






27. 88 C.J.S. Trial






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






29. 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.






30. Use index to find statute section; read the statutory section; and check supplements for status.






31. Secondary authority






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






33. Digest topic






34. 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.






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






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






37. At the close of each legislative term.






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






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






40. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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






42. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






44. 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






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






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






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






48. 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






49. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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







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