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






2. 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






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






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






5. West key number system






6. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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






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






9. The digest for the current period.






10. Is a finding tool ONLY - usually compiled by the publisher of the case reporter to which it relates. NEVER cite as legal authority for any purpose.






11. Signal used to indicate page numbers in another reporter






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






13. Federal Reporter - Third Series (F.3d) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






14. Published by West






15. Official case reporter for the U.S. Supreme Court






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






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






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






19. Shepard's Citations is used






20. Official publication






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






22. Federal district courts across the country.






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






24. Are catalogued under topics and subtopics assigned to key numbers - using the TARP method. T - thing or subject matter involved in the case; A - Action (cause of action) or ground for defense to an action; R - Relief sought; P - parties - meaning the






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






26. American Digest System






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






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






29. 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






30. Federal Cases






31. To indicate that the full citation for the case was given previously.

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






33. Published by Lawyers Co-op






34. Supplemented by the A.L.R. Blue Book of Supplemental Decisions - which is kept current with a semi-annual supplement pamphlet.






35. 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






36. The publication where rules and regulations of administrative agencies are codified






37. 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






38. 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.






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






40. 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.






41. Fed. R. Crim. P. 42






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






43. Decisions concerning federal rules of procedure






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






45. Fed. R. App. P. 2.






46. Indexes






47. Primary authority






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






49. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






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