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






2. The West key number system






3. 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






4. Published by West






5. 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.






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






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






8. Statutes at Large






9. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by West






10. Opinion issued by one or more judges of the appellate court which disagrees with both the result and the reasoning of the majority opinion. There can be more than one






11. At the close of each legislative term






12. The date upon which the decision was rendered






13. State and federal






14. The most comprehensive collection of legal citators.


15. 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






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






17. Statutes at Large






18. 15 U.S.C. A 7 (1988).






19. The Federal Reporter






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






21. 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






22. Result or disposition of the case






23. Primary authority






24. 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






25. Shepard's Citations - statute edition






26. What federal session laws are codified and published in






27. S.Ct.






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






29. Seven






30. 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.






31. Explanation of the subject






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






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






34. 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.






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






36. Pleadings - transcript of trial testimony - and exhibits






37. Digests






38. Published by Lawyers Co-op






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






40. Legal encyclopedia published by Lawyers Co-op






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






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






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






44. Unofficial U.S. Supreme Court case reporter published by Lawyers Co-op


45. Extensive selected annotations






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






47. Statutory law






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






49. 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






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