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1. At the close of each legislative term






2. Statutes at Large






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






4. A syllabus of the court






5. Name of the appellant






6. Summarized statute topics






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






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






9. State and federal






10. The date upon which the decision was rendered






11. Restatement (of law)






12. Health Care Act - Pub. L. 92-117 - 83 Stat. 624 (1987).






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






14. Explanation of the subject






15. 22 C.F.R. A 145.6 (1992)






16. Case law






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






18. 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






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






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






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






22. Compiled by topic






23. Statutory law






24. Precedent






25. F.Supp






26. 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






27. Supra

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28. Secondary authority that is leading annotated law reporter published by Lawyers Co-op. Distinguishing feature not the cases that it reports - but the extensive editorial commentary that follows each reported case






29. Headnotes in the American Digest System are cataloged in this manner: Thing - Action - Relief - Parties






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






31. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






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






33. Reported selectively






34. Iowa - Michigan - Minnesota - Nebraska - North Dakota - South Dakota - and Wisconsin






35. 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






36. 1. number of the Code title 2. abbreviation for the United States Code 3. section symbol - followed by the number of the Code section; and 4. date of the Code volume in which the most recent version of the section can be found






37. Secondary authority






38. Statutory law






39. The appellate court reviews the record for prejudicial legal errors committed in the trial court but gives great deference to the findings of fact; factual findings are generally reversed only when they are 'arbitrary or capricious'






40. Ballantine's Law Dictionary 41 (3rd ed. 1969).






41. 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






42. Supplement volumes or pocket part supplements should be used






43. Published by West






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






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






46. Selected decisions






47. Published by Lawyers Co-op






48. A system where every topic and subtopic is assigned its own key number






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






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