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1. Secondary authority






2. United States Reports






3. Anew - from the beginning - the case is tried in the appellate court as if it had not been tried previously - and witness are allowed to testify.






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






5. The subsequent history of the cited case must be included in the citation






6. Typical case reporter






7. Selected decisions






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






9. Precedent






10. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






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






12. Official publication






13. As session laws






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






15. Digest topic






16. 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






17. 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






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






19. Decennial Digest






20. L.Ed or L.Ed.2d


21. A prior case within a particular jurisdiction that has 1. facts and legal issues substantially similar to the facts of the case before the court and 2. it was decided by a majority decision of a higher court of that jurisdiction and 3. the case was r






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






23. 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






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






25. 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






26. 48 Fed. Reg. 37 -315 (1983).






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






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






29. Encyclopedia






30. Ratio decidendi- court's reasoning or basis for it sholding and decision






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






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






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






34. Result or disposition of the case






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






36. Legal publisher noted for its extensive use of annotations.






37. United States Reports






38. The date upon which the decision was rendered






39. Federal Rules Decisions






40. Shepard's Citations is used






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






42. The West key number system






43. 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






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






45. The Federal Reporter






46. Compiled by topic






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






48. Primary authority






49. American Digest System






50. Products of West Legal Studies