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






2. At the close of each legislative term.






3. American Digest System






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






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






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






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






8. Published by West






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






10. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






12. 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






13. 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






14. 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






15. F.Supp






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






17. Contain a general commentary on or explanation of the subject.






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






19. The cited authority presents helpful background information about the proposition






20. Statutes at Large






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






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






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






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






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






26. Govern the types of evidence that are admissible in criminal and civil trials and - in some situations - the manner in which the evidence can be presented during trial






27. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






28. Into seven regions.






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






30. Is used to check the current status of a case

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






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






33. Fed. R. Civ. P. 12






34. Brief summary of facts of case - including its procedural posture






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

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36. Slip laws before they are published as session laws.






37. Reviews the record for errors of law and reaches its own factual finding.






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






39. Federal Cases






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






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






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






43. Black's Law and Ballentine's Law






44. Products of West Legal Studies






45. Compiled chronologically






46. 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






47. Combined digest to access all federal courts.

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48. 1. number of the Code title2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






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






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