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1. Secondary authority






2. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which agrees with the result reached by the majority but disagrees with the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one.






3. An explanatory note






4. American Digest System






5. The date upon which the decision was rendered






6. Federal Rules Decisions






7. 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






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






9. Often provide case citations upon which a definition is based. A couple of them are Black's Law _____ and Ballantine's Law _____.






10. Federal Cases






11. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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12. Sometimes called adjective law - it prescribes the manner in which substantive laws must be enforced.






13. 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






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






15. United States Supreme Court Reports - Lawyers' Edition






16. Decennial Digest






17. 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.






18. 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.






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






20. Advance sheet published weekly by the Bureau of National Affairs






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






22. Supra

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23. Extensive selected annotations






24. Restatement (of law)






25. A syllabus of the court






26. Case law - or judicial opinion - that articulates common law principles






27. 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.






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






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






30. 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






31. Freedom of Information Act - 46 U.S.C. A 89 (1973).






32. Legal encyclopedia published by West






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






34. Contains recent decisions of the United States Supreme Court






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






36. Official publication






37. Alabama - Florida - Louisiana - and Mississippi






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






39. Alaska - Arizona - California - Colorado - Hawaii - Idaho - Kansas - Montana - Nevada - New Mexico - Oklahoma - Oregon - Utah - Washington - and Wyoming






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






41. Compiled chronologically






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






43. Result or disposition of the case






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






45. Seven






46. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






47. An index






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






49. Illinois - Indiana - Massachusetts - New York - and Ohio






50. Infra

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