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Subject : law
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1. Slip opinions collected and published periodically






2. Anew on the record - the appellate court must base its decision on the record (no new testimony can be received) but may reach an independent factual finding if the facts from the trial court are 'clearly erroneous' based on the record as a whole






3. Mandatory legal authority that consists of constitutions - statutes - case law - rules of procedure - rules of evidence - administrative rules - court rules - executive orders






4. Summarize statute topics






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






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






7. Extensive selected annotations






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






9. Federal Supplement (F. Supp.) - Federal Reporter - Second Series (F.2d) - Federal Reporter (F.) - Federal Cases (F. Cas.) - all unofficial and all published by West






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






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






12. The process used to synthesize legal principles from all prior cases with similar facts and similar issues of law to arrive at a decision in a specific case






13. What federal session laws are codified and published in






14. U.S.






15. 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






16. State and federal






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






18. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






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






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






21. Advance sheet published by Commerce Clearing House






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






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






24. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






25. Caption - date of decision - parallel citations - headnote or syllabus - statement of facts - opinion - holding - rationale - dicta - decision






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






27. The cited authority directly supports the proposition; other authorities also could have been cited but were not cited to avoid duplication






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






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






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






31. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






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






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






34. A proposed legislative measure






35. A syllabus of the court






36. A publication of law that is not specifically authorized or sanctioned by an official body but - rather - is compiled by a private publisher i.e. West Publishing Company (West) and Lawyers Cooperative Publishing Company (Lawyers Co-op)






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






38. 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






39. Selected decisions






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






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






42. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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43. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






44. Persuasive legal authority that consists of law from other jurisdictions - legal encyclopedias - American Law Reports - restatements of law - dictionaries - treatises and periodicals






45. U.S. Const. art. IV - A 2 - cl. 3.






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






47. Ritches Jr. v. Li - 665 F. Supp. 139 (E.D.Pa. 1991).






48. Infra

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49. At the close of each legislative term






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