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1. The West key number system






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






3. S.Ct.






4. Restatement (of law)






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






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






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






8. Summarize statute topics






9. 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






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






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






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






13. Statutes at Large






14. A proposed legislative measure






15. Federal Cases






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






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






18. 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






19. Secondary authority






20. Published by Lawyers Co-op






21. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.

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22. Is used in legal memoranda and briefs to indicate the full citation for the case follows at a later point in the memorandum or brief






23. Is used in the first 50 volumes of the United States Reports plus all unofficial reporters of Supreme Court decisions






24. Published by West






25. State and federal






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






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






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






29. 1. full name of author 2. designation of type of article (required only if written by student); 3. title of article (italicized or underscored) 4. volume number of law review 5. abbreviated name of law review 6. page number where article begins; and






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






31. 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






32. Extensive selected annotations






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






34. Statutory law






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






36. U.S. Const. amend. XIV - A 1.






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






38. Products of West Legal Studies






39. Case law






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






41. The Federal Reporter






42. 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.






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






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






45. Typical case reporter






46. When a federal case first decides a case. a single opinion of the court issued without headnotes and without indexing.






47. The cited authority states a proposition that is different from the proposition stated by the writer - but the proposition stated in the cited authority is sufficiently similar to lend support to the writer's proposition






48. Published by the American Law Institute - it collects and distills the primary - general rules in a given legal topic area- what the rules are and sometime what the committee believes they ought to be. It also provides explanations of the rules and g






49. American Digest System






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







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